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KATH: Over 20 doctors, 100 nurses infected with coronavirus

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Listen to the Article The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has revealed that at least about 20 doctors have been infected with Coronavirus. He also noted that though the number of infected nurses hasn’t been fully …

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Covid-19: AngloGold staff test positive in Upper West

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Acting Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Damien Pungyiri, has disclosed that out of the 10 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Upper West region, nine are casual employees of AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control Programme. The workers, according to Dr Pungyiri, were engaged in indoor …

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About 200 staff of Kwadaso SDA Hospital being tested after Medical Director died of Covid-19

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Coronavirus About 200 workers of the Kwadaso SDA Hospital in Kumasi are being tested for coronavirus after the Medical Director of the facility died of Covid-19. Some of them are believed to have come into contact with Dr Harry Owusu Boateng. The 48-year-old died at home …

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Nobody truly recovers from Covid-19 -Nurse claims

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah An American nurse with the Twitter name Cherie Antoinette has said that in her eight years in the medical profession, coronavirus “is the worst disease” she has come across. She said that whenever they tell patients they have recovered, they do not inform them of the health complications …

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Agyeman-Manu discharged from UGMC, recovering at home

  ___ By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu has been discharged from the hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19, the Information Minister has disclosed. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told journalists at a press briefing that the Health Minister will now continue his recovery at home. …

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We don’t manipulate COVID-19 death numbers” – Nsiah Asare

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare is the President’s Special Health Advisor The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, has denied claims that the government is manipulating COVID-19 death figures by under-reporting them.Pressure group OccupyGhana had said it has cause to suspect that the government is …

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NHIA CEO tests positive for COVID-19

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby has tested positive for COVID-19, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The source said staff of the NHIA have been informed of the status of their boss while contact tracing is underway. More soon

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COVID-19 related deaths in Ghana now 58

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah 58 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in Ghana but had underlying conditions have so far lost their lives. This means that four new deaths have been recorded in Ghana since the last update on the COVID-19 situation in the country was announced on Sunday, June 14, …

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KATH: ICU doctors, nurses directed to be self-isolated  over coronavirus fears

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has directed doctors and nurses at the facility’s ICU to self-isolate after they were exposed to Covid-19. A memo to staff and seen by Dailymailgh.com stated that the unit will not run in full capacity in the next 14 days after the …

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COVID-19: Nurses, doctors at KATH ICU asked to self-quarantine due to exposure

by:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is to operate at half capacity for the next 14 days. This is because most of its intensive care unit doctors and nurses have been exposed to a trauma patient who has tested positive for Covid-19. A …

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