HEALTH

The Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, has built a GH₵900,000.00 oxygen plant to assure the facility of adequate supply of the vital chemical element to save lives. The project was financed from its internally generated funds (IGF).…
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Barima Sarpong, Communications Manager for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIS) has said the life expectancy rate of Ghanaians is now 67 years owing to the National Heath Insurance Scheme (NHIS). According to him, the scheme…
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The Peki Government Hospital in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region urgently needs an emergency unit and an upgrade of its theatre to enable the facility to deal swiftly with critical cases. The hospital, which is one of two…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that it intends to strictly enforce the regulations which prevent manufacturers of alcoholic products from advertising their products on radio and television between the hours of 6am and 8pm.…
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The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a health experts body, spearheading the fight against cancer, has selected Kumasi to be part of the ‘City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) 2025’ project. This makes it the first city in Africa…
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has introduced a Bachelor of Science Programme in Community Health, the first to be run in the country. Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Vice-Chancellor of the University, said…
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Health officials in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region, say they will continue to monitor developments at the Kumasi Academy , to avert a possible outbreak of any disease as the students resume to begin a new term.…
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Madam Dzifa Adzornu, Nutrition Officer, Ho Municipal Health Directorate, has called for the consumption of more water, protein, fruits and moist based foods to replenish the body and boost the immune system during the Harmattan season.…
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Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has promised to address the under-staffing situation at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital by employing more health professionals. He said due to inadequate…
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Information reaching the media indicates that the perennial oxygen plant problem, that had bedeviled the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi for decades, has not subsided. And as a result of the absence of an oxygen plant,…
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