Health

1,664  More than 2000 local residents of the Kwabre East Municipality in the Ashanti Region have benefited from an ongoing free National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) registration and renewal exercise organised by the Royal Place Hospital and RightCare Hospital. The weeklong registration and renewal exercise which started on Wednesday, 14th June which and is expected to […]

1,624  The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association (RNMA) has said it will not back down on its planned demonstration on June 30, despite being invited by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to discuss the payment of the over 11-month allowance arrears of its members. The group said it would go ahead with the demonstration to […]

1,455  The Parisners of Corpus Christi Parish at New Tafo, a suburb of Kumasi and their Priest Rev Father Richard Opoku Acheampong joined by other priests who hailed and worked at the Parish before has embarked on health walk and screening towards a home coming event to raise funds to assist youth development in the […]

1,629  Hypertension can cause damage to the blood vessels, resulting in erectile dysfunction, Dr. Aba Folson, a Cardiologist at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), Tema has revealed. She called on people with high blood pressure to seek medical attention. “For a male to be able to maintain an erection, there must be adequate blood supply […]

1,573  The Board of Trustees Chairman for the Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association (RNMA), Mr Jerry Aziamadia Mertins has predicted that Ghana will soon lack nurses and midwives due to the poor condition of service by the government. According to the Board Chairman, until conditions of service for healthcare workers are improved in the country, […]

1,873  One thousand persons in the Asokore Mampong Community and adjoining towns especially children and the aged are being registered on the National Health Insurance Scheme by Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC), a famous church ⛪ in Kumasi. Speaking to the media Monday morning, Reverend Ransford Obeng, General Overseer of CCC said the idea to register […]

1,460  A Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Prof Fred Newton Binka, has raised questions about the implementation of the government’s ambitious Agenda 111 policy as a measure to prepare for a pandemic. According to him, the construction of 111 district health facilities is not feasible, indicating the projects […]

1,661  When powerful tissues in your body shut off organs, this can lead to potentially dangerous development. A worrying turn of events because these tissues are what make up the organ muscles and are therefore created in the same way as your body. This makes the similarities between the two organisms concerning. Worse yet, they […]

3,132  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 […]

1,804  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 […]