The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu has stated that the age of former Attorney General Martin Amidu cannot disqualify him from becoming the Special Prosecutor. Mr. Amidu’s age has become an issue after a former Deputy Attorney-General under the NDC administration, Dr. Dominic Ayine, filed a suit to challenge the nomination of Martin Amidu … Read more
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been flown to the United Kingdom after series of tests by his doctors. The vice president was takenn ill on Friday. A statement from the presidency said his doctors referred him to specialists in the UK “for further observation”. Sign up for GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of … Read more
Dr. Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, a medical surgeon, has tasked medical professionals both home and abroad to be patriotic to Ghana to the best of their ability. The 98-year old shared his life experience with Students and Management of Family Health University College Medical School, led by Prof. Yao Kwawukume and Dr. Susu Bridget Kwawukume who paid him … Read more
Fake Ghanaian Doctors -The Police and Medical and Dental Council have arrested19 fake doctors who have been practicing without medical certificates since January 2016. See Also: Ghanaian Doctor Finds Possible Cure For HIV-AIDS The Registrar of the Council, Dr. Eli Kwasi Atikpui, explained that some of the fake doctors have been practicing since 2016 without medical … Read more
Medical doctors and dentists will from next year be employed under a quota system being introduced by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Director-General of GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, who announced this explained that newly-trained doctors will no longer be posted but apply to the regions and sail through an interview process for them to be … Read more
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has asked persons who have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees to desist from using the title ‘Dr’, since it is wrong to do so. It further asked all those who have received questionable honorary doctorates from unaccredited institutions to forthwith stop using the title. In an interview with the … Read more
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that government’s attitude towards the posting of medical doctors could usher in another era of ‘brain drain’ in the country. The Association has been asking government to immediately employ and post over 200 hundred jobless medical doctors in the country. These unemployed doctors have been home for about … Read more
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that government’s attitude towards the posting of medical doctors could usher in another era of ‘brain drain’ in the country. The Association has been asking government to immediately employ and post over 200 hundred jobless medical doctors in the country. These unemployed doctors have been home for about seven months, … Read more
To say that Ghana is gripped with lawlessness is an understatement. Indeed, without a doubt, the cancer is a direct result of a failing educational system. The ignorance promoted on national TV and in national newspapers epitomizes the gravity of the situation. For example, a simple question of the difference between honoris causa and earned … Read more
In a curious case of two evils, the CEO of Obengfo Hospital who has been sued for practicing without a license is said to have engaged a lawyer without a license to defend him in court. The Weija-based Obengfo Hospital was shut down by the Medical and Dental Council because Dr Eric Obeng Andoh worked … Read more
The owner of Obengfo Hospital (Advanced BodySculpt Center) Dr. Dominic Obeng-Andoh has rubbished claims that he is unqualified to practice medicine. Dr. Obeng-Andoh believes some practitioners, who are “jealous” of his progress, are using a section of the media to sully his reputation, adding he remains undaunted and will continue to whole-heartedly “serve mother Ghana.” … Read more
The Medical and Dental Council (DMC) has inducted 120 newly qualified physician assistants and certified registered anaesthetists into the profession. The inductees were trainees from the College of Health, Central University College, Garden City and Presbyterian universities, Narh-Bita College, the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, 37 Military Hospital and the University of Development Studies Anesthesia schools. … Read more
Doctor is basically a title for teachers or scholars. It was derived from the Latin word doceō (I teach). Ironically, it has been observed that the use of Doctor’s title is confusing in today’s world. For example, if someone is addressed as doctor, one can hardly predict what their profession or qualification is, this is … Read more
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Government has decided to foot the medical bills of Dr. David Abdulai , a medical doctor battling with thyroid cancer. Dr. David Abdulai has over the years dedicated his life to serving the poor in the Northern Region. He runs 2 free health clinics in the region and serves a variety of populations including the … Read more
Precious was raised in a small farming village community of about 200 people called Nkawere and yet she graduated as the valedictorian of her high school class of 120 students, and was awarded 23 of the 40 awards that year. She is currently studying Biochemistry in college and hopes to become a doctor with a … Read more
Some residents of Tamale, Northern regional capital have claimed that their relatives have died at the Tamale Teaching Hospital as a result of a shortage of oxygen at the facility. Alhaji Yahaya Kasuli and Abdul Azizu Umar are peeved at the fact that the public health facility had no supply of the vital health product. … Read more
A fake medical practitioner, believed to have practised for more than 20 years without a licence or a certificate, has been arrested at Madina, near Accra, where he operated a healthcare facility from a compound house. The fake doctor, who gave his name as “Dr” Adams Arimeyaw and is believed to be in his mid-50s, … Read more
A 37-YEAR-OLD man, who is alleged to have been practicing as a medical doctor for the past seven years at Gbawe, Accra, when he has not been registered, has eventually been grabbed by the Odorkor police. Daniel Yartey aka Dr Nartey, was apprehended when one of his patients delivered a still-born baby after she (patient) … Read more
The senior medical doctor at the Effia Nkwanta Government Hospital mired in a sodomy scandal is begging for forgiveness. Dr. Sulley Ali-Gabass, a practicing Muslim and a respected member of the Muslim Community in Takoradi, sent a distress message to Muslim leaders to forgive and help him deal with his sexual orientation. He told an … Read more