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Medical & Health
Government assures passage of the Organ and Tissue Donation Bill
Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, has assured the medical fraternity of the passage of the Organ and Tissue Donation Bill, which would help cure people suffering from cornea blindness.
‘The draft bill is currently with the M…
North East Health Promotion Committee inaugurated in Bolgatanga
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has inaugurated a seven-member Interagency Coordinating Committee for Health Promotion (ICC-HP) for the North East Region, to advance the cause of health in Ghana.
The ICC-HP represents a collaborative effort among vari…
‘Remove taxes on our medications’ – Glaucoma Patients
Mr Harrison K. Abutiate, the National President of Glaucoma Patients Association of Ghana (GpAG), has appealed to the Government to remove all taxes on glaucoma medications.
Mr Abutiate, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said treatment had …
Manhean Polyclinic needs help – Medical Superintendent
?Dr Joseph Donkor, the Medical Superintendent?of?Manhean Polyclinic, has appealed to the government and other stakeholders to improve the infrastructure of the facility to promote quality healthcare delivery.
Dr Donkor said inadequate infrastructure …
No woman must be allowed to die from cervical cancer – Clinical Epidemiologist
Dr Grace Adjoa Ocansey, a Clinical Epidemiologist, has said no woman must be allowed to die from cervical cancer because the cancer is ‘preventable and curable.’
She also said that cancer of the cervix ‘happens when the cells of the cervix begin to c…
Eighty-eight per cent of married women are employed – GDHS Report
The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey report says 88 per cent of married women aged 15-49 and almost all 99 per cent married men were employed in the last 12 months.
Overall, 58 per cent of married women and 78 per cent of married men who wer…
PassionAir, SEC refurbish the Neurosurgery Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
PassionAir in collaboration with the Securities and Exchange Commission 9SEC) has commissioned a refurbished Neurosurgery Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to enhance neurosurgery treatment in the country.
Mr Samuel Abdul Razak Tachie, C…
UGMC calls for a universal screening programme to enhance Ear care
The University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) has called for a universal screening programme for early childhood to prevent hearing impairment in children.
Mrs Jemima Fynn, Chief Audiologist, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, said ear and hearing problems…
GDHS Report: Child neglect is reason for spousal beating
The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report reveals that about 13 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men in Ghana have justified child neglect as cause for wife beating.
Fewer than one in five women, 19 per cent, and men, 16 per cen…
KATH makes breakthrough in stroke treatment
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has launched thrombolysis service, a medical procedure that restores paralysed stroke patients to normalcy.
The introduction of the service is seen as a major breakthrough in the treatment of strok…