HEALTH

Aggrieved Medical Doctors at the Saint Anne’s Hospital (formerly known as West Gonja Hospital) in Damongo in the Savannah Region have served strong notice to doctors who have intentions of accepting posting or transfer to the facility. According to them, the general working conditions especially payment of allowances among others …

The final year Midwifery student of Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Mohammed Lubabatu who threatened to kill patients in a recent TikTok video says she is seriously facing stigma among her colleagues and other tutors making it difficult for her to cope with academic activities.   The student who …

The Chief Executive Officer for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has said critical issues that clients complained about with the Scheme are currently being resolved. Speaking on GHOne TV health show, Dr. Okoe-Boye said a valid NHIS card now covers complex diseases and surgeries in hospitals …

Some 2021 Doctor of Pharmacy house officers say they are mentally unstable to be able to provide proper medical services to patients. According to them, their current state of mind is due to the government’s failure to pay their allowances for the past seven months. The officers who are yet …

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) has dissociated itself from a video in which a student of nursing was captured claiming she will kill any client who seeks her service because she was forced into the profession. The Council has also cautioned Nursing, Midwifery practitioners, student and social media users …

The Minority on the Health Committee of Parliament has kicked against government’s directive to various Nursing Training Colleges across the country to reserve 30% admission quota for the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health in a letter dated August 2, 2022, signed by its Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari, …

A non-governmental organisation, Willingway Foundation, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Foundation, has launched a programme to rid the streets of Kumasi of mentally-ill persons. With the help of the Ghana Health Service, Social Welfare and the police, the group removed 10 mentally-challenged women from the streets of Kumasi and …

The Nurse Educators’ Group (NEG), has announced a road map to withdraw its services from the various health training institutions across the country. According to a release signed by the National Chairman, Bakinam Adamu, “the Group is compelled under the current economic hardships and the lukewarm attitude demonstrated by the …

The Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions (COHHETI) to stop the interviews and all admission processes for health training institutes across the country for the next academic year. This was contained in a communique to members co-signed by the president, Margret Mary Alacoque and General Secretary, Frederick Inkum Danquah …

Poor road network and electricity have delayed the commissioning of the 250 bed Sawua Regional Hospital. Although the hospital is completed and ready to be operationalized, the road leading to facility is yet to be constructed. The 250 bed Ashanti Regional Hospital was constructed by Messrs Euroget De-Invest. The hospital …