HEALTH

Ms. Rosemond Owusu Ansah, Reproductive and Child Health Officer at Ahwerewa Health Centre in the Sekyere East District has warned adolescent girls, especially those in rural communities against using rags and other unhygienic items during…
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Six boys and two girls were delivered in two hospitals at Enchi in the Aowin municipality on Holy Easter and Easter Sunday. One birth was recorded on the Holy Saturday, while seven were recorded on Easter Sunday. Seven babies were…
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The Upper West Regional Hospital is in dire need of government’s attention to address the facility’s human and logistical constraints hindering effective healthcare delivery. The challenges facing the Hospital have caught the attention…
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Nana Soglo Alloh IV, Paramount Chief of Likpe Traditional Area and President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs has appealed for the renovation of Bakua Health Centre, built in 1965. He said the facility, which has a laboratory,…
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The Ghana Health Service says the health practitioner who administered the injections that are suspected to have led to three deaths at the New Senchi Health Center in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, had been operating…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against expired goods on shelves especially during festive occasions like Easter. According to the Brong-Ahafo Regional office Head of the FDA, Mr Matthew Gyan Nkum people take…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Central Regional on Thursday safely disposed of about four metric tonnes of expired products worth more than GH¢ 32,697 in Cape Coast. They were made up of herbal medicines, alkaline water, and…
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Two medical personnel have been detained by the Senchi-Adome Police over the deaths of three patients at the New Senchi Health Centre in the Asuogyaman District. The District Director of Health, Abdul Aziz Abdulai, confirmed to Citi News…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said the deaths of three persons at the New Senchi Health Centre at Akrade in the Eastern Region from some injections may have been caused by contaminated medication. The medication in question,…
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The Food and Drugs Authority has announced that it has intensified post-market surveillance to make sure that meat products that have been affected by the listeria bacteria are recalled. “We have a full alert at the port of entry to make…
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