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Cancer patients at KATH Receive support from Kumi Yeboah Memorial Foundation

551*Cancer patients at KATH Receive support from Kumi Yeboah Memorial Foundation.* Mrs Sarah Baa Afriyie founder of Kumi Yeboah Memorial Foundation has supported cancer patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) with a physical cash of GHs 10,000.   The money was presented on her behalf by the local executives on Tuesday 23rd May […]

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Ashanti Regional Health Directorate reaches out to PWDs on World Hypertension Day

348  The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate is focusing on extending screening services on hypertension to Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) as Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark World Hypertension Day. The day, which was celebrated in the Kwadaso Municipality on the theme, ‘Measure Your Blood Accuracy, Control It, Live Longer’, was used […]

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KATH CEO Commends Staff For Hard Work, Promises To Work on Welfare Programmes

1,013The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah has urged staff of the outfit to continue to offer their best in giving care to patients and visitors who come to the facility.  He noted that by doing this, they would be contributing to prolonging the lifespan of persons […]

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We’ll deal with unlicensed agencies recruiting nurses to UK – Labour Ministry

681The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has raised concerns about the recruitment of nurses for the United Kingdom by unlicensed Private Employment Agencies (PEAs). The Ministry in a statement condemned the exorbitant fees charged by the agencies as processing fees and vowed to deal with anyone found culpable. Below is the full statement It […]

Health Politics

Otiko Afisah Djaba Angry At NPP Government

533Otiko Afisah Djaba,former gender minister under Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo’s government has stated that she has no regrets turning down an ambassadorial job in 2018 after she was removed as Minister of Gender at the end of the first term of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.The one-time New Patriotic Party National Women’s Organizer […]

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UGMC, PharmAccess Foundation launch ConvidConnect App

494    The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PharmAccess Foundation, has introduced a new care coordination service app, to effectively provide healthcare services for people with Covid-19. The app, CovidConnect, will offer individuals a range of services including care management and monitoring, to patients. CovidConnect will […]

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President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for vaccine manufacturing plant

874  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the construction of DEKs Vaccines Ltd, a private sector-led consortium of Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies. According to President Akufo-Addo, the construction of the vaccine manufacturing plant “will help our nation realise the dream of becoming self-sufficient in the production and […]