HEALTH

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for variants of Covid-19. From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India. The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South …

The Health Committee of Parliament has asked aggrieved medical laboratory scientists to call off their ongoing strike and petition it to look into their issues. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Ayew Afriyie, human lives must not be sacrificed on the altar of outstanding issues that can be …

National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) says they will resist any attempt by hospital administrators to appoint medical officers to head their departments. According to them, the GAMLS has a lot of professionals who have risen through the ranks to have undertaken …

The Ghana Ambulance Service needs a minimum of about five air ambulances to combat emergencies in remote areas of the country, the Public Relations Officer of the service, Simmons Yussif Kewura has said. In an interview on the Morning Starr, Mr Kewura said the Service has been requesting air ambulances …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has appealed to the striking laboratory scientists at the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to resume work as their issues are addressed. A statement signed by the Chief Director of the MoH, Mr Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari said “A stakeholder meeting will be convened by the …

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have bemoaned data that suggests that about 30 children between the ages of two and 14 years with kidney diseases are left to die annually because of financial difficulties. At the Paediatric Nephrology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), an …

The Korle Bu Police are investigating a case involving the contamination of a medical doctor’s drinking water with HIV-infected blood. The act is suspected to have been carried out by another doctor following a disagreement between the two. Both doctors (names withheld) work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology …

Ghana has become the first country in West Africa to deploy a system for the digital verification of COVID-19 PCR test results based on the African Union Trusted Travel and ECOWAS BIOMARS standard. The Ministry of Health, through the Ghana Health Service, spearheaded the project which aims to ease verification …

Many people, including health officials, have praised a 33-year-old midwife for her selflessness and commitment in saving the lives of pregnant women and their unborn babies in a hard-to-reach community in the Ashanti region. Without access to an ambulance, Delali Gavor of the local Motokrodua Community Health Planning and Services …

A lecturer at the University of Nottingham, Professor Noel Tagoe has described as over-ambitious government’s decision to undertake ‘Agenda 111’ health infrastructure. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Tuesday, the educationist said although the project will contribute immensely to the country’s health sector, it could also impede the future …