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Release death report to deceased family – Court orders 37 Military Hospital

June 14, 2023

An Accra High Court has ordered the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) and the 37 Military Hospital to release an investigation report conducted on the death of one Solomon Asare-Kumah, a 48-year-old man, to his family. The court presided over by Justice Charles Ekow Baiden, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, sitting as […]Continue Reading

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Today is Blood Donor Day

June 14, 2023

Ghana is today joining the rest of the global community to observe Blood Donor Day. It is commemorated annually to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. This year’s event is under the theme “Give blood, give plasma, […]Continue Reading

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‘Her Virginity’: The Hymen is not a reliable indicator of virginity.

June 14, 2023

‘Her Virginity’ is a new book by Fatou Camara, that aims to address the social perspective on virginity.  In this article, we examine and address the notion that the hymen is what differentiates between being a virgin and not a virgin. The question is does “losing your virginity” the same as “losing” your hymen? And […]Continue Reading

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Akufo-Addo commissions building which will serve as the new home for the Department of Psychiatry at the Korle-Bu

June 7, 2023

On Tuesday, 6th June 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned the newly-constructed building, which will serve as the new home for the Department of Psychiatry at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The president said “this impressive structure,” which serves both the University of Ghana Medical School and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, stands as a tribute to […]Continue Reading

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Ghana patients in danger as nurses head for UK – medics

June 7, 2023

The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is struggling due to the “brain-drain”. Many specialist nurses have left the West African country for […]Continue Reading

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Midwife delivers baby in speeding commercial vehicle

June 7, 2023

Before today, she had only read it in books or heard it in conversations but never had it occurred to her that she will one day be part of the storyline. A pregnant woman who joined a commercial vehicle midway showed signs of labour and started screaming for help. Midwife Adams Fatimata felt her pain […]Continue Reading

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Joy Clean Ghana: AMA environmental health inspectors caution Chorkor, Mamprobi residents

April 6, 2023

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s environmental health inspectors have issued a final warning to three recalcitrant environmental offenders at Chorkor and Mamprobi in the Ablekuma sub-metro of the Greater Accra Region to desist from producing food in a hazardous environment. The offenders who were selling and producing food for sale in an unhygienic environment, had Continue Reading

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Mouthwash Cannot Replace Tooth Brushing

April 4, 2023

Dr. Mensah Tabi-Amankwa, a dentist at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), has warned the public against using a mouthwash as a substitute for brushing the teeth. According to Dr.Tabi-Amankwa, the mouthwash is only a supplement to get the germs out of the mouth, stressing that, “mouthwash can eliminate some bacteria and make the mouth smell […]Continue Reading

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Health Ministry Gets Clearance To Employ 6,387 Nurses

April 3, 2023

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted financial clearance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to employ some six thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven nurses (6,387) this year. The nurses comprise; Assistant Clinical and Nurse Assistant Preventive who completed in 2019 and June 2020 from various public health training institutions. Further approval was also granted […]Continue Reading

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N/R: Samira Bawumia launches second phase of SDP in Saboba

March 20, 2023

The second phase of the ‘Safe Delivery Project’ (SDP) has been launched in the Saboba District of the Northern region. The first phase of the SDP was launched in the East and North East Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region in the last five years. The SDP project which is a Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian […]Continue Reading