Ten people were injured in Libreville Tuesday as Gabon police broke up a rally organised to mark the return of opposition leader Jean Ping following a trip to Europe. The injured received first aid at Ping’s headquarters where the former foreign minister had addressed thousands of his supporters following his return from a European tour. … Read more
But the three men failed to provide payment details and the vehicle was not picked up, prompting them to use a smaller van from a DIY store instead. The men drove into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people in Borough Market seven days ago. Police said the men tied 12in (30cm) pink ceramic knives … Read more
Pakistanis in the port megacity of Karachi have been banned from swimming in the sea for six months, authorities said Wednesday, after a recent spate of drownings as residents sought relief from the scorching heat. Rescue workers and media have reported some 15 cases of drowning at beaches along the city’s Arabian Sea coast over … Read more
Venezuelans living abroad are collecting box loads of items — including safety helmets, gas masks and first-aid kits — to support the crowds marching in their homeland against the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. Increasingly violent near-daily protests that began April 1 have left a toll of 38 dead, and hundreds wounded and under … Read more
Football fans have been urged to respect safety guidelines and precautions in order to save lives during crowd disturbances at the various national stadia and prevent the tragedy that hit Ghana on May 9, 2001, after a football game. Speakers at the ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of the May 9 stadium tragedy, including … Read more
A 34-year-old female spectator watching a Major League Baseball game in St. Louis on Tuesday was grazed by a stray bullet while inside the ballpark, police said Wednesday. The incident took place during a 2-1 Cardinals victory over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium when, police said, a woman felt pain in her arm and a bullet … Read more
Lydia Agyei Yeboah, a Nursing Trainee with the Atibie Nursing and Midwifery College exhibited the true character of Florence Nightingale on May Day in Koforidua, when she saved a hypoglycemia patient dying on the street of Koforidua, Eastern regional Capital of Ghana. The Patient, identified as Joe was attacked by convulsive seizure and near loss … Read more
The harrowing experience of Peter Mensah, a teacher by profession and former Techiman North Constituency Organizing Secretary who escaped murder attempt on his life continues to linger on years after the unfortunate incident. October 20, 2012 he remains a day he disclosed in an exclusive interview with mynewsgh.com that remain one of his nightmares after … Read more
Yagana Bukar’s younger brothers Mohammed and Sadiq were among about 300 children kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town of Damasak in remote northeastern Nigeria nearly three years ago. But unlike the global outrage and social media campaign that followed the abduction of 219 schoolgirls from Chibok, there were no protests for the children of … Read more
Authorities at the Sports Directorate of the University of Ghana have dispelled reports that a final year student drowned in the University swimming pool. According to them, the deceased, Dennis Akoto, received the needed medical attention when he was found unconscious in the pool. Reports had indicated that the 22-year-old final year Economics and Information … Read more
Authorities at the Sports Directorate of the University of Ghana have dispelled reports that a final year student drowned in the University swimming pool. According to them, the deceased, Dennis Akoto, received the needed medical attention when he was found unconscious in the pool. The Director of Sports at the University of Ghana, Dr. Bella … Read more
This, he said, is in conformity with the Hippocratic Oath they take when entering into the profession. The renowned heart-surgeon was addressing health practitioners at the maiden edition of People’s Choice Practitioners Awards ceremony at which he was adjudged the ‘Legend of the Year’ for his immense contribution in the development of medical practice over … Read more
It was first used by the armies of the Roman Empire. Centuries later, the tourniquet is buying casualties in Afghanistan what they need most — time — as surgeons adapt their battlefield procedures to the grinding conflict. Since the US invasion of 2001, the pattern of injuries sustained in Afghanistan has changed when compared to … Read more
Two students in Bawku are reported dead from a suspected case of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM), while eleven are on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital. The two deceased were second-year science students of the Bawku Senior High School, and the Bawku Senior High Technical School. The Headmasters of both schools; Mr Bismark-Simon Kpuli and … Read more
Israel’s medical services have treated more than 2,600 Syrians wounded during their country’s conflict since 2013, despite the two nations being officially at war, the Israeli army said Tuesday. “The wounded are transferred to the border where they receive first aid from Israeli medical teams before being taken to hospitals,” the army said on its … Read more
Maverick politician and founder of the defunct United Renaissance Party (URP) Charles Kofi Wayo has announced his departure from Ghanaian politics hinting that he is now into farming. Giving reason for his decision he said “ I am now into farming and assisting the farmers in the villages with implements and other logistics unlike their … Read more
Ghana Rugby successfully completed two Rugby First Aid courses for sixteen coaches and development officers at the Ghana Rugby Secretariat in Osu, Accra on Sunday 5 March 2017. The first aid courses form part of the Training & Education Plan of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), and were the first in a series of … Read more
Ghana Rugby successfully completed two Rugby First Aid courses for 16 coaches and development officers at the Ghana Rugby Secretariat in Osu, Accra on Sunday, 5th March 2017. The first aid courses form part of the Training & Education Plan of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and were the first in a series of … Read more
play videoFernando Torres was sent immediately to the hospital There was drama in Spain as Atletico Madrid when striker Fernando Torres went unconscious after a colliding contest against Deportivo La Coruna player. The former Chelsea player fell terribly and immediately started to convulse on the ground. Players were quick togive him a first aid hand … Read more
As hundreds of South Sudanese fleeing famine and civil war enter Sudan each day, aid workers warn of a lack of vital relief supplies, especially for malnourished children. “We have a shortage of medicines and we have shortages of workers also,” said Viola James, a doctor treating refugees at a transit camp along the border … Read more