HEALTH

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 …

The Universal Plant Medicine and Traditional Healers Association are appealing to the  President of Republic of Ghana,Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to endorse herbal medicine to encourage more Ghanaians patronize it. Addressing the media, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Hepa Plus Mixture who is a member of the Association, Dr …

  Miss Afia Serwaa Nkrante, the women’s commissioner for the National Physician Assistant students Association of Ghana has called for more attention to be given to preventable chronic diseases so as to reduce its prevalence. She said this at a health screening exercise organized by the LADIES WING of PASAG-NATIONAL …

Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths have risen to 713 following the confirmation of eight more fatalities by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest update from the GHS further indicated that 40 people are in severe condition with 17 others in critical condition. However, the country’s active cases have declined to 3,343 …