The Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Akofa Adika-Bensah, has called on managers of business entities and labour unions to institute annual medical examination policies for workers. She said such a policy would help to protect the lives of workers against sudden deaths and help their organisations to … Read more
The student was said to have sneaked out of school to attend entertainment program in a girls school The Headmaster of Koforidua Senior High Technical School, (SECTEC), Samuel Foli has mounted a strong defense insisting the School cannot be blamed for the death of a second year student who died Sunday dawn after sneaking out … Read more
Two people were killed on the spot A Toyota Hiace minibus with registration number ER 2017-12, carrying 15 passengers from Akyem Oda and headed for Koforidua on Wednesday, 1 March collided with a KIA truck with registration number GW 3129-13 at Suhum, also in the Eastern Region, killing two persons on the spot and injuring … Read more
A new medical department to provide specialised care and handle more complicated health conditions is to be established at the Koforidua Regional Hospital. Dr. Kwame Anim Boamah, the Medical Director, who announced this said it formed part of deliberate steps to transform the facility into a teaching hospital. He was speaking at a dinner and … Read more
Dr. James Raymond Kofi Appiah-Kusi, Head of Koforidua Regional Hospital’s Internal Medicine Department and Diabetics Clinic, has urged Ghanaians to lead stress-free and simple lifestyles to prolong their lives. He attributed the growing cases of non-communicable diseases – hypertension, stroke and diabetes, which were claiming more lives, to stress. The situation, he noted, was being … Read more
The Ghana News Agency (GNA), on Monday, published a heart-rending story, which painted a very gloomy picture of the situation in which persons with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs) are living in the capital city of the Eastern Region, Koforidua. Under the caption; “HIV/AIDS patients hit by lack of anti-retroviral drugs”, the story said regular supply of the … Read more
A woman believed to be in her late 40s drowned Sunday afternoon when a taxicab she was travelling in was swept away by flood at Nkubem, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Three others who were rescued by residents and a policeman were rushed to a clinic in the area whereas the body … Read more
Information reaching DAILY GUIDE as at press time yesterday indicated that a 32-year-old wife of Douglas Obeng – a 33-year-old banker in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital – has allegedly caused the death of her mother-in-law after she (banker) purportedly had an affair with her father-in-law. Narrating what led to the death, Douglas said he … Read more
Information reaching Accrareport.com from a represenative from BrytFM can confirm that Ghanaian Comedian Samuel Kwadwo Boaben a.k.a Bishop Bob Okala has died. Bishop Bob Okala died in the early hours of Sunday, March 13, 2016, at the Koforidua Regional Hospital. Bishop Bob Okala, before his death did a live performance at the Koforidua Jackson Park, … Read more