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A Senior Mortuary Attendant at the Bolgatanga hospital Alhassan Azaare Daniel has disclosed how he saved the life of a 9-year-old boy who was declared dead and nearly deposited at the morgue. Alhassan, as he is popularly known narrated the chilling story in an exclusive interview on Dreamz FM’s local …

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Mortuary Wokers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has suspended its nationwide strike which was scheduled for today, October 1, 2020. This follows successful negotiations between the mortuary workers and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and the Finance Ministry. The National Chairman of the Mortuary Workers …

  By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo Several bereaved families preserving their dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday thronged the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to withdraw their corpses. They feared the pending strike of mortuary workers will deal a devastating blow to their funeral plans and in …

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Hajj Mohammed Kamil Balla interacting with the media. A group calling itself Concerned Muslims of Takoradi has embraced the National Democratic Congress’ special mortuary policy, as captured in the party’s People’s Manifesto. The group, under the umbrella of Al-Mu’eed Development Foundation, indicated that the intention to facilitate …

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Some residents of Kojo Boffour near Yeji in the Bono region have stormed the St. Mathias Catholic Hospital to remove the body of a person suspected to have died from COVID-19. Reports indicate the incident occurred on Friday, August 7, 2020, during which they attacked workers of …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Body withdrawals at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) mortuary has increased from five to sixty a week as bereaved families have resorted to private burials. The move was as a result of President Akufo Addo’s appeal to decongest the various morgues across the country as results …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah A mortuary man has narrated how some food vendors and pastors troop to the mortuary to use water from corpses for their rituals. Shakar Lukas said water from the dead bodies is used by such people for money-making rituals. Speaking to Sammy Kay, he disclosed that food …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The absence of a mortuary is negatively impacting healthcare delivery at the Kumasi South Hospital in the Asokwa Municipality of Ashanti Region. Bodies of dead persons are left on floors, balconies and verandas until bereaved families show up to collect them. Resident Medical Director, Dr. Kwame Ofori …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       The management of Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern region has carried out a mass burial service for unknown dead bodies at the Tamale General cemetery. This was as a result of the breakdown of five compressors of the fridges at the Hospital’s …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Bereaved families have been stranded at the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital (KATH) morgue and other morgues of some government hospitals in the Ashanti Region, as a result of the industrial action by the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG). Some of the stranded families who spoke …