Health

KATH suspends 2 doctors for extortion

1,531  Two doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have been suspended for extorting money from patients. The two were each given a month’s suspension without pay. While one has already served his suspension, the other will start from today. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KATH, Professor Otchere Yaw Addai-Mensah, disclosed […]

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Tension At KATH as  Health Minister Grants Controversial Approval To former CEO To Be Re-engaged As Staff

900  The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu is reported to have in a letter granted approval to the former Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso a further three years extension to work as staff and surgeon at the Premier health facility in Ashanti. However, a source at […]

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A/R: GHS takes COVID-19 vaccination campaign to different level

1,131  The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate is undertaking a COVID-19 vaccination campaign from 25th to 29th of May, 2023. The Directorate hopes to vaccinate everybody including pregnant women. The exercise is being sponsored by USAID and Jhpiego. According to the Regional Health Director, Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, both vaccinators and volunteers have been engaged for the […]

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Cancer patients at KATH Receive support from Kumi Yeboah Memorial Foundation

812*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

647  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 […]