Medical & Health

Midwifery is a calling, practitioners urged to be committed

Madam Mercy Borkaifio Bortey, a 71-year-old Principal Midwifery Officer at the Bengali Hospital in Tema, has advised midwives to see the profession as a calling and be dedicated to helping pregnant women to deliver safely.

Madam Bortey, also a scrub …

City of Accra experiencing alarming diagnoses of NCDs

Trends of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Accra is fast increasing with cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of death among the middle aged in the City.

Dr Abena Okoh, Metropolitan Director of Health Service, said the high numbers of N…

Forever Champion Health Centre organizes free medical screening

Dr Benjamin Kofi Angenu, Medical Director of the Forever Champion Health Centre, has called on the public to refrain from self-medication and seek proper medical care at health facilities.

He noted that the situation where some people, due to poverty…

Kaysens Group holds seventh blood donation awareness walk

Kaysens Group in collaboration with Kwaaba Foundation has held its seventh edition of ‘March-March Blood Donation Awareness Walk’ with Green Giving to double the impact of saving lives.

The ‘Green Giving’ initiative saw donors receive a fruit seedlin…

Unapproved traditional eye treatment makes glaucoma worse

The Glaucoma Group of the Ophthalmological Society of Ghana has urged the public to use only approved methods and medications for treating glaucoma.

It said most traditional medicines paraded as remedies for glaucoma only damaged the eye or worsened …

Glaucoma: 45,000 people blind in Ghana

Glaucoma has caused blindness of over 45,000 people in Ghana, making the country the highest with Glaucoma infections in Africa.

Data from the Ghana Health Service show that Glaucoma accounts for over 19 per cent of all blindness in the country.

Pre…

Norsaac trains patrons, mentors on advocacy campaigns on SRHR

A two-day workshop has been held in Tamale to train community advocates, mentors, and school patrons, to campaign and increase visibility on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Participants were drawn from various schools and …

ECG to disconnect about 10 Hospitals in Eastern Region

The National Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is preparing to disconnect approximately 10 Hospitals in the Eastern Region from the national grid, due to outstanding arrears owed to the power distributor.

The Ghana News Agency (GNA)…

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