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Nursing trainees ditch clinical practicum due to non-payment of allowances

July 19, 2022

Due to financial difficulties, several nursing trainees continue to forego their clinical practice at hospitals, which hinders the effective training of nurses and midwives. For eleven months, the government has defaulted on the payment of allowances to continuing students. According to the Ghana Nursing and Midwives Trainees Association, over a thousand students who rely Continue Reading

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Ambulance Service admits charging ¢600 to convey pregnant woman who died in transit

July 19, 2022

Chief Executive of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has admitted that officers demanded GH₵600 from the husband of a pregnant woman before agreeing to transport the patient. The patient, 30-year-old nursing mother, Augustina Awortwe, died whilst in transit due to the delay on the part of the officers of the Service. Prof Ahmed Nuhu Zakaria, […]Continue Reading

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Marburg virus disease confirmed in Ghana – Ghana Health Service

July 18, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed the presence of the Marburg Virus Disease in the country. According to the Service, this is the first time the disease has found its way into the populace. In a statement issued on Sunday, July 17, the GHS explained that the presence of the virus was […]Continue Reading

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Old Students of Saltpond Methodist donate consumables to hospital

July 13, 2022

Former students of Saltpond Methodist Junior High School have donated medical supplies to the Saltpond Government hospital to deliver healthcare more effectively and efficiently. Insulin syringes, magnesium sulphate, 108 dye pods with big tubes, 41 admin sets, water for injection, and vented vial spike were among the donated consumables. The supplies came from Breast Care Continue Reading

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Alarming! Over 3k nurses left Ghana for greener pasture in first quarter of 2022 – GRNMA official

July 7, 2022

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has cautioned against increasing figures of the nurse to patients ratio if government doesn’t revise service conditions of its members. Although Ghana’s nurse to patient ratio stands at 1 nurse to 839 patients, exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended nurse to patient population ratio of one Continue Reading

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Bishop Herman Students Cry For Toilet Facility

July 7, 2022

By; Seraphine Nyuiemedi Students of Bishop Herman College in Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region, have appealed to government and other relevant authorities, to provide them with better toilet facilities and potable water. According to some form three students who spoke to GBC News, they have resorted to defecating in the open, since they gained […]Continue Reading

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Not all revenues generated from NHIS Levy are credited to NHIF – SEND Ghana report

July 6, 2022

A report by SEND Ghana on citizens’ assessment of social protection delivery in the country has revealed that there are enormous liquidity challenges facing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The organisation’s analysis of NHIS’ previous budgetary allocation and spending between 2015 and 2019 demonstrated that not all the revenues generated from the NHIS Levy Continue Reading

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Health Minister submits over 10 documents against Ato Forson in ambulance case

June 28, 2022

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, on Tuesday submitted more than 10 pieces of evidence against former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and two others. This is with regards to the case in which Dr Forson and two other people are being accused of causing financial loss to the state in the procurement of […]Continue Reading

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Tarkwa MP Commissions New Health Facility

June 28, 2022

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, has commissioned a newly-built state-of-the-art Community-Based Health Planning Services (CHIPS) compounds with essential auxiliary facilities at Senyakrom under Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. The project is a sole initiative of the MP and forms part of the measures to expand access to quality Continue Reading

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Parliament’s health committee worried over dilapidating state of KATH

June 24, 2022

Members of Parliament’s Committee on Health have expressed concerns about some major challenges confronting the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and called for urgent government intervention to address them. The Committee maintains that the hospital, which is a teaching facility and major referral center must be given all the attention needed to boost the country’s Continue Reading