HEALTH

Ghanaian medical students in Cuba on government scholarship are lamenting over the non-payment of their stipends for the past seven months. The students lament that the situation is making life difficult for them as they live on the benevolence of colleagues and friends. They explain that the Scholarship Secretariat has …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has cautioned the Ministry of Finance and the government of Ghana, for that matter, to abandon any plans to reclassify its members’ Pension Funds for the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).   According to the Association, any attempts to include GMA’s Pension Funds in the …

A shortage of oxygen is the latest health crisis hitting the Akyem Oda government hospital for critical medical treatment.   According to  information gathered by MyGhanaMedia.com, there is no cylinder for operation in Akyem Oda government hospital in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern region as all operations are …

In a space of seven months, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has upwardly adjusted tariffs for medicines and services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The latest increment effective, February 1, 2023, was agreed in consultation with the Ministry of Health, the NHIA Governing Board, Executive Management, …

Members of the Korle Bu Doctors Association (KOSA) are threatening to withdraw their services to the outpatient department and elective surgeries over unpaid arrears. The strike is expected to commence from February 6 to 10, should management fail to come up with clear timelines for payment of 13th-month salary arrears. …

Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions. Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Savannah and Ahafo regions did not record any cases, Dr Farida …

The Food and Drugs Authority has suspended the services of the Yellow Sisi Waakye joint at Oyibi which led to the death of one person and left over 40 hospitalised. According to the FDA, an environmental assessment of the food preparation site located at Malejor and the three vending sites …

An angry patient threw urine at nurses who were sitting in a canteen gossiping after he had spent four hours waiting to be attended to at a clinic in South Africa. In a video shared on social media, the man can be heard complaining about how long he had been …

A new survey from Afrobarometer has revealed that the majority of Ghanaians believe the government performed well in managing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but funds intended for the exercise were lost to corruption. In the April 2022 survey, a quarter of respondents reported that a member of their …

The Auditor-General has revealed that the government has paid over $120m to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) but only $38m worth was delivered. According to the A-G, $80m worth of vaccines paid for by government has not been delivered. The A-G says an …