HEALTH

MEDICAL PERSONNEL that would be operating from the newly commissioned Mother and Baby Unit (MBU), at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, will undergo some technical training. The training will last for some few weeks and…
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First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has announced that the next project under her Rebecca’s Special Initiative is the construction of an intensive care unit at the children’s block of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. She said the project…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as part of its food safety tips publications to ensure public safety has provided 14 facts about Puffer Fish needed to be known by the public. This comes as a result of reported deaths due to the…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has played host to a delegation of six from the Ugandan National Drug Authority (NDA) as part of efforts aimed at strengthening the collaboration between the two institutions. A statement issued by the…
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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on government to take urgent steps to complete a 995-bed Maternal and Child Health block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), construction works on which started some 44 years ago.…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has introduced a ‘free school health screening program’ for first year students in all second cycle institution across the country. The move by the GHS is believed to be necessitated by the outbreak of…
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First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the newly-constructed Mother & Baby unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The new facility has room for 130 babies, eleven children…
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Ghana AIDS Commission has appealed to Ghanaians to take responsibility for self-protection and healthy lifestyles. In addition, the commission urged every Ghanaian to test to know their HIV status. The increase in new infections is a…
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Stifling a sneeze by clamping your nose and mouth shut can cause serious physical damage, doctors are warning. Medics in Leicester treated a 34-year-old man who ruptured his throat while trying to stop a high-force sneeze. With…
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A total of 1,111 units of blood were donated by volunteers at this year’s Jasla Convention, organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana in collaboration with the National Blood Service at Gomoa Pomadze in the Central Region. The…
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