HEALTH

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Four more persons have succumbed to Covid-19, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The GHS, in its latest update stated that the country’s death toll currently stands at 794. Both active and new cases recorded across the country, now stand at 1,301 and 52 respectively. …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The alleged negligent removal of the womb of a 30-year-old patient of the LEKMA Hospital, without her consent, has landed the medical facility in trouble. The woman, now childless, was at the Teshie-based Municipal Hospital to be delivered of her first baby, which came out successfully …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has cut sod for the construction of an 80-bed Cardiothoracic Centre at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. The Centre will include a Cardiothoracic Training Centre and Conference room, VVIP clinic, 3 operating theatres, an Intensive Care Unit, Executive …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Minister for Health, The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has justified government’s procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines despite concerns about the cost involved. Government has come under intense pressure following its decision to use intermediaries to secure over five million doses of Sputnik-V vaccines at a cost of …

  L-R: Mark Okraku-Mantey and Shatta Wale Mark Okraku Mantey has reacted to dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, and other industry players who are against his appointment as Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture. According to him, the creative space is an opinionated one, hence all comments and suggestions must …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah A storage bag is filled with just-donated blood at an NHS National Blood Service collection centre Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused widespread disruptions to key health services, lives and livelihoods. World …

    By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah LISTEN 7 HOURS AGO 1 Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, says authorities are working earnestly to secure the second doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to begin phase 2 of the vaccination for those who were able to get their first jabs. Dr. Asare …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah   Patients requiring laboratory tests at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have been left stranded as scientists embark on a sit-down strike over the appointment of two medical doctors to their department. The Medical Laboratory Scientists and allied professionals began the strike Thursday, May 20, to …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Nana Akufo-Addo taking covid jab The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from today, Wednesday, 19 May 2021, commence the second phase of the nationwide vaccination programme against COVID-19. According to the GHS, only persons who took the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine between 1 and …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Ms Botchwey and Gonzalez Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has described as untrue, reports that Mr Erasmus Klutse, a Ghanaian medical student studying in Cuba, was denied medical attention leading to his death. An executive member of the National Union …