HEALTH

The newly constructed Mother & Baby unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), is ready, First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has said. The new facility has room for 130 babies, eleven children and enough…
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The Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Tinkorang, has given the assurance that the Influenza Type A (swine flu) outbreak at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) was now under control. He therefore called for…
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Dr. Fred Nana Poku, acting Policy and Technical Manager of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has called for the young people to take centre stage in the fight to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS infection. He indicated that their involvement was…
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85 cases of the deadly Influenza H1N1 have been recorded so far in the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region. 11 out of the number are currently on admission at various hospitals in the region. The outbreak of …
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The Ghana Health Service has slammed the media for creating panic and misinforming Ghanaians over the Influenza H1N1 deaths that plagued the Kumasi Academy. Four students have so far died of the virus while scores of students are also…
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The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) can now boast of an emergency centre to cater for patients infected with Ebola and other deadly diseases. As the only infectious disease isolation centre, it is expected to augment the nation’s…
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Nurses have been asked to desist from talking unending on their phones or chatting away on social media whilst on duty. “I entreat you to desist from talking unending on your mobile phones or chatting away on whatsapp whilst on duty,”…
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Nana Kwame Arhin IV, the Mankrado of Gomoa Manso, has appealed to the Government and all stakeholders to help provide a modern health centre in the area. He said Gomoa Manso has a population of 49,000 people and surrounded by 12…
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Health Minister Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu has revealed that President Akufo-Addo was exposed to the Influenza H1N1 which has killed some four students at the Kumasi Academy in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. According to him, the president…
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The government is soliciting the help of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to provide influenza vaccines for the students and staff of the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region who remain at risk from the disease. The Director of…
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