1,375 Mr Rodrick Daddey Adjei, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) says his outfit is determined to monitor, inspect and ensure foods and drugs available on the Ghanaian market are safe for human consumption. He noted that the FDA would be implementing a reviewed high standards for producers and manufacturers […]
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CCC Members Celebrate Pastor Ransford @67, Donate Blood To KATH Transfusion Unit
567 Mr Shadrack Afful Appiah, Member of Staff at the Medicine Transfusion Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has described the annual blood donation exercise by Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC) as exemplary and a helpful enterprise to the blood bank. Speaking during a blood donation exercise by the church on Saturday, Mr Appiah said […]
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 […]
Call the minister of health to order,AYA tells Presidency
1,199 It has come to the notice of the Asante Youth Association (AYA ) that the Minister of Health Hon.Kwaku Agyemang Manu have made one of the most unfortunate decisions in the history of the management of KATH which hitherto is in the perview of the Management. It is in this light that, today we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nkwanta South: 4 persons still on admission after eating contaminated food
758 Four persons are still on admission at the Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital following an alleged food poisoning at Agou in the Oti Region. A total of 27 people were admitted to the hospital after eating at a funeral and were alleged to have been poisoned. 23 of them have so far been discharged, while […]
KATH doctors perform successful surgery on four-legged child
755She was scared and went into a state of depression when she saw her new baby. This is the story of a mother of a polymelia baby girl who has successfully undergone surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Baby Adepa, as we have chosen to call her was born […]