First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, is whipping up support ahead of the much-anticipated fund raising ceremony to build a new mother and baby unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Sunday. The fundraiser follows an earlier event in Accra to raise funds for the project. The KATH Mother and Baby Unit was the spotlight of … Read more
Over 15 persons who were in the bus sustained various degrees of injury Five individuals are reported dead in an accident that occurred at Kenyase in the Ashanti Region around 1pm on Friday, May 26. Maxwell Frimpong, an eyewitness narrated to ClassFMonline.com that a 207 Benz Bus with registration number GW 4632 U that had … Read more
The cause of Alex Amoako’s death is still unknown The News Editor of Kumasi-based Ashh Fm operated by Kencity Media Alex Amoako is dead. News of his death went viral on social media before his family confirmed it in mainstream media compelling managers of the station to begin soft programming in his honour. Until his … Read more
The deceased was stabbed in the chest with a pair of scissors A Twenty-five-year-old man, Abraham Mpong, met his untimely death when he was stabbed during a scuffle at Bepoase near Wiamoase in the Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region last Saturday. While the suspect, Gideon Boakye,19, is being held in police custody to … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested suspect Issah Mohammed alias Issah Koodey for allegedly murdering a 22 year old unemployed young man Richard Apuri at Adiebeba, a suburb of Kumasi. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander DCOP Ken Yeboah briefing the press said on May 1, a fight ensued between youth of Apraman and Kaase … Read more
The Society of Family Physicians of Ghana (SOFPOG) has called on the executive, legislature, and the judiciary to consider reviewing laws that criminalise attempted suicide in Ghana. The Society said government and other law enforcement agencies must focus on measures that will provide the framework for suicide prevention and the management of persons who attempt … Read more
Puma Energy, the global integrated midstream and downstream energy company, has contributed to the fight against infant and maternal mortality at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by donating generously to the “Save A Child, Save A Mother” campaign. The campaign been spearheaded by Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of Ghana – sought to raise an … Read more
A Seven-member jury selected for the trial of a 33-year-old woman over the murder of the husband has returned a verdict of not guilty. Akosua Ode had been accused of stabbing her spouse, Patrick Kofi Nketia, to death and held in prison custody for more than three years. The incident happened on March 18, 2014, … Read more
The donation was a gesture to patients at the Mothers and Baby units of KATH In honor of mother’s day celebration, Kasapreko Company Limited donated 10,000 bottles of Awake Purified Bottle Water to mothers within some suburbs of Kumasi and also extended the gesture to patients at the Mothers and Baby units of Komfo Anokye … Read more
“If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try, again.” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s reference to the above over-stated quotation contained in his tribute to his mother Mrs. Adeline Akufo-Addo when she passed on to glory is more profound today than ever. Obviously, President Akufo-Addo has not been the only beneficiary of this deep … Read more
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s Mothers’ Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to reduce child and maternal mortality to acceptable levels in Ghana. Mrs. Akufo-Addo mentioned logistical constraints at the Komfo Anokye Hospital Teaching Hospital, and stressed the need to support her “Save a Child Save a Mother” campaign, which seeks to build … Read more
The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is rallying all well-meaning Ghanaians to join her campaign to end “needless deaths of mothers” in labour, especially at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. As the world celebrates mothers today on Mothers’ Day, Mrs. Akufo-Addo said no woman must die during childbirth, urging all to contribute … Read more
The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is rallying all well-meaning Ghanaians to join her campaign to end “needless deaths of mothers” in labour, especially at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. As the world celebrates mothers today on Mothers’ Day, Mrs. Akufo-Addo said no woman must die during childbirth, urging all to contribute … Read more
SIC Insurance Company, has presented a cheque for GHȼ70,400.00 in support of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). This is to assist the facility to procure pediatric optic bronchoscope and echocardiogram machines for efficient treatment and management of children on admission. Mr. Faris Attrickie, Managing Director of the … Read more
The First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will later this month lead another campaign at Manhyia to raise funds for the new Mother & Baby Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). It follows an earlier #SaveThemNow fundraising event jointly held by The Multimedia Group and the First Lady … Read more
The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Depression and suicide – the role of the family physician’ Family Doctors fear depression and suicide may soon reach an overwhelming level if immediate steps are not taken now to fight depression. Dr. Fred Bedzrah, a family Physician at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital tells rawgist.com’s Bernard Buachi … Read more
Born in 1974, Opoku had been around some by his eighth birthday, having lived in at least two continents and three countries – Scotland where he was born; Ghana and Nigeria where his family re-located – and studying at university-operated primary schools in the cities of Kumasi and Ibadan. In 1988, a 14-year-old Opoku returned … Read more
The first lady of the Republic of Ghana Speaking at the fundraising event, which she organised in collaboration with The Multimedia Group to build a maternity ward to ease the plight of mothers who give birth at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). ‘ A few weeks ago Joy News begun to air a very … Read more
First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo says she was troubled after watching Joy News documentary about avoidable deaths at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. She said the harrowing story of mothers losing either their lives or their newborn babies at the hospital should prick the conscience of every Ghanaian and jolt them to take action to reverse … Read more
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has promised to extend a helping hand to health institutions struggling with the infrastructure needed to save the lives of mothers and babies. She urged philanthropists, non-governmental organisations, companies and individuals not to get tired or extending a hand to save a life. Speaking at the fundraising event, which she organized … Read more