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Medical & Health
Okoe Boye’s elevation as Health Minister commendable – Dr Bin Saleh
Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Saleh, has praised President Nana Addo Adankwah Akufo-Addo for the elevation of Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye as Minister for Health designate.
Addressing a high-powered delegation from the National Health Insurance…
MTN stocks National Blood Bank with 26,000 pints since 2011
The MTN Ghana Foundation, the Corporate Social Investment wing of MTN Ghana, has since 2011 collected 26,000 units of blood to support the national blood bank and other regional hospitals nationwide.
Mr Obed Adu-Amankwaah, the MTN’s Area Manager in-c…
SSNIT supports pensioners’ healthcare with GHC1million
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has presented a cheque for GHS 1 million to the National Pensioners Association’s (NPA) medical scheme.
The contribution is in fulfilment of a commitment by SSNIT’s management made in 2017 to p…
Health Team Surgeries About 115 patients from Eastern Corridor go through medical surgeries in Yendi
One hundred and fifteen patients from Eastern Corridor of Northern Region receives free surgeries from American Medical Team in Yendi in the Northern Region.
The patients were operated for hernias, huge goiter, complex surgical, Gymecologrival cases,…
Ridge Royal Hotel initiates preventive measure against bedbugs
Cape Coast: The Ridge Royal Hotel, a leading hospitality facility based in Cape Coast, has introduced a special fumigation exercise against bedbugs to prevent an invasion of the parasitic insect in hotels.
The hotel, though not affected by the blood-…
Central Region accelerates action to improve maternal, newborn survival
Cape Coast: The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched a strategic move towards an Accelerated Action to Improve Maternal and Newborn Survival health outcomes.
The project seeks to advance in full range, maternal …
FDA advises institutions, public to insist on valid food hygiene permits
Accra: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged institutions and the public to inspect valid food hygiene permits before contracting catering institutions.
The FDA said it could not guarantee the quality of operations and safety of food sold in u…
Awutu-Senya District Health Service records zero maternal death in 2023
Awutu Beraku: The Awutu-Senya District Health Directorate saw significant improvement in most of its work indicators recording zero maternal deaths in 2023.
There were also reductions in still birth from seven in 2022 to one in 2023.
The District al…
Africa Cancer Foundation is not offering free surgeries this year
The Africa Cancer Foundation (ACF) says it is not offering free breast cancer surgeries this year.
It had therefore urged the public to disregard messages going viral on social media that it is offering free breast cancer surgeries to 200 women as i…
Fiapre SDA Hospital records over 15 cervical cancer cases annually-Dr Quansah
The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Hospital at Fiapre in the Sunyani West Municipality records over 15 cervical cancer cases annually, Dr Elijah Abakah Quansah, an Obstetrician Gynecologist at the Hospital has said.
He said patients with minor cases we…