Scoliosis Foundation Ghana(SFG), a Ghanaian based not- for-profit organisation with support from some benevolent organisations and philanthropists in the country, has assisted 12- year-old Emily Darko, a scoliosis patient to successfully undergo a surgery to straighten up her spine. Emily’s condition was critical which required a surgery to correct the defect with her spine to … Read more
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is “inevitable” but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday. The Ebola crisis that began in December 2013 killed 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and has left thousands more survivors … Read more
The financial clearance for most of the unemployed diploma nurses who besieged the Ministry of Health last week demanding to be posted had delayed because “almost all” of them had failed their final examinations and had only passed after a re-sit, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has revealed. The Coalition of Unemployed Bonded Diploma Nurses, comprising … Read more
The entire country was plunged into darkness after a general power outage Wednesday evening The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it has restored power to about 85 percent of its customers who were affected by last night’s power outage. The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) announced earlier Thursday that the nationwide blackout which affected the … Read more
CANCER Voices Gh, a registered cancer group, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the nation from cancers and their related complications. Making their case during this year’s May Day celebration, President of Cancer Voices Gh, Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, stated that the National Cancer Foundation must do more to save lives. … Read more
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has said that the government’s decision to review portions of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) concession agreement under the Power Compact II arrangement, makes the deal better than it was under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. According to the Center, although it would have wished to … Read more
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has said that the government’s decision to review portions of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) concession agreement under the Power Compact II arrangement, makes the deal better than it was under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. According to the Center, although it would have wished to … Read more
CANCER Voices Gh, a registered cancer group, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the nation from cancers and their related complications. Making their case during this year’s May Day celebration, President of Cancer Voices Gh, Dr. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, stated that the National Cancer Foundation must do more to save lives. … Read more
Exposure to wood dust may cause external and internal health problems. Adverse health effects associated with wood dust exposure may include dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and non-allergic respiratory effects and cancer. Industries that have a high risk of wood dust exposure include sawmills, dimension mills, furniture industries, cabinet makers and carpenters The chemicals in … Read more
The ‘think health, think the MD’ posturing of the Ghana media is a monster This article has been necessitated by my longtime observation that the Ghanaian media treat health in a restricted, straightjacket manner. The WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease … Read more
About 2,000 employees from various institutions in Ashanti region have benefitted from a free health screening exercise as part of activities to commemorate this year’s May Day celebrations; a day set aside to celebrate workers. The exercise, which was organized by Ray Ben Laboratories and Imaging with sponsorship from GOIL, offered participants the opportunity to … 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
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced three major amendments to the Power compact under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) which will allow for Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana. The new terms of the agreement, he stated, require that Ghanaians own at least 51% of the concession; a departure from the earlier … Read more
‘I went to the web to find a new kidney’ – Matthew Pietrzyk Eleven-year-old Matthew Pietrzyk can now swim, run, have a bath and eat chocolate, all impossible before his kidney transplant. But he might still be on the waiting list, enduring 12 hours of dialysis each day, if his mother, Nicola, had not run … Read more
The Greater Accra Region recorded 197 maternal deaths, while 100 women died through bleeding. Dr Linda A. Vanotoo, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), who made this known in Accra on Monday said the women died through lack of blood hence the need to stock the blood banks. She made this known … Read more
People who smoke cigarettes may boost their risk of clogged heart arteries by weakening a gene that is otherwise protective of these important blood vessels, US researchers said Monday. The findings point to a genetic explanation for how smoking can lead to the plaque buildup that stiffens arteries and causes heart disease, said the report … Read more
Increasing the number of young children who exercise for just under a half hour a few times a week could save tens of billions in medical costs over their lifetimes, researchers said Monday. Currently, just 32 percent of US children aged eight to 11 get enough exercise, said the report in the journal Health Affairs. … Read more
The Chiropractic & Wellness Centre has called on Ghanaians to patronage chiropractic, as the practice increasingly gains ground in the health sector. The all natural practices are mostly concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the spinal cord and the nervous system, resulting from unhealthy lifestyles adopted over the years. Speaking at … Read more
The Ghana Health Service has issued a cholera alert, warning of a possible widespread outbreak across the country in the coming days. A statement signed and issued by its Director General, Anthony Nsiah-Asare, said considering the pockets of cholera outbreaks early this year and previously in 2014 and 2016, “the risk is further worsened and … Read more
Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service, has noted that less than 50 percent of children born in the Ho Municipality got immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases. He said the Municipal area recently recorded two neonatal tetanus cases, which resulted in one fatality and said the city sat on a “health time-bomb”. … Read more