A couple who lost their twin babies at the Tema General Hospital in 2010 as a result of alleged negligence have renewed their demand for justice and the bodies of the babies for burial. Their 2010 petition to the then Health Minister, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, which was copied to the Medical and Dental Council, as … Read more
Two babies were safely delivered on Ghana’s 60th independence day at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Region. Although four deliveries were expected on the day, only two women were delivered as at 4:30pm on Monday, March 6, 2017. A midwife on duty, Selasie Hanyabui said “We have two deliveries today…and thankfully, Rebecca … Read more
play videoPart of the birth was shown in a video clip posted by the hospital A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain. The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases. The unnamed woman … Read more
The Maternity Ward of the La General Hospital have recorded six new births made up of four males and two females, Mrs Sarah Okpoli, the Senior Midwifery Officer (SMO) told the Ghana News Agency on Sunday. The first birth, a female, was recorded at 12:35 a.m. followed by a male at 12:45 a.m. Two males … Read more
The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study. Researchers estimate cases where the baby cannot fit down the birth canal have increased from 30 in 1,000 in the 1960s … Read more
The young woman who was rendered barren due to the negligence of a medical team which performed a caesarean section on her at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani and left an operation towel in her abdomen, has finally died out of the injustice. She died on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at a Sunyani-based private … Read more
The first set of quadruplets from IVF has been successfully delivered by a team of medical experts at the Lapaz community hospital in Accra. The bouncy set, comprising three boys and a girl, were delivered through a caesarean section by a team of doctors, nurses and other professionals led by Dr Fela Adoboe. The hospital … Read more
A GNA feature by Caroline Pomeyie Accra, Sept. 9, GNA – The records are frightening, but it is true that three to five cases of fibroid are operated daily at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital alone. It is also a fact that out of every three women in the country, one has fibroid, but despite these … Read more