The Ministry of Health has announced Robert Cudjoe as its new head of Public Relations. Mr Cudjoe, who is the immediate Head of Public Relations of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, replaces Tony Goodman. A statement issued by the Ministry to that effect said: “All requests and enquiries must be directed to the new … Read more
Contractors working on the $250 million Greater Accra Regional Hospital are yet to hand over the facility. This is in spite of the fact that, former President John Mahama inaugurated the project on October 30, 2016. The situation has made authorities at the facility raise eyebrows over the seeming delay, but officials at the Ministry … Read more
Government has ordered the suspension of the ongoing recruitment of nurses into public health institutions. A statement signed by the Health Minister Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said : “I wish to request that you suspend all recruitment activities for the 8,634 nurses and other health staff until further notice”. The statement however added: “The suspension is … Read more
Members of the Coalition of Unemployed Diploma Nurses and Midwives want to be posted before any contract is discussed as regards finances. Most of the members have been without stations since August, 2016 when they completed their national service. This batch of nurses and midwives completed their training in February, 2015. Leadership of the Coalition … Read more
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has denied instructing principals of nursing training institutions to reduce the number of students they admit for the 2017/18 academic year by 40 per cent. According to the ministry, a letter making the rounds on social media that the ministry had issued that directive lacked credibility, as no such decision … Read more
Ministry of Health asks public to disregard letter circulating to reduce intake by 60% The Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked the public to disregard a letter circulating on social media directing health training institutions across the country to reduce intake to 60 per cent. The letter making the rounds, according to the Public Relations … Read more
11 people died and several others were injured and are currently being treated Government has issued a cheque worth 200,000 Ghana cedis to some major hospitals to cover expenses for the victims of the La Gas explosion which happened near the Trade Fair Center in Accra. Minister for Health, Alex Segbefia handed over the cheques … Read more
Health Ministry commences employment, following the clearance of the graduate health trainees by the Finance Ministry The Ministry of Health has released an approval for the employment of health trainees who graduated from the various health institutions across the country. This was revealed in a press release issued by the ministry on Wednesday, 23rd November, … Read more
The Ministry of Health has asked one Bismark Duadua Mahama, an accountant at the Kumasi Nurses and Midwifery Training College to step aside, for reducing the temporary restored allowances meant for trainee nurses at the school. A letter addressed to the accountant and signed by the Minister of Health, said he gave the students GHc360 … Read more
The Ministry of Health has asked one Bismark Duadua Mahama, an accountant at the Kumasi Nurses and Midwifery Training College to step aside, for reducing the temporary restored allowances meant for trainee nurses at the school. A letter addressed to the accountant and signed by the Minister of Health, said he gave the students GHc360 instead … Read more
Trainee nurses and midwives in Ghana say government is seeking to throw dust into their eyes by commencing the payment of a decreased Nurses Trainee Allowance to them. Government Thursday announced the payment of an abated Nurses Trainee Allowance as a stopgap measure to mitigate the cry of nurses in the scrapping of allowances by … Read more
A statement from the Ministry of Health reveals that government has commenced payment of the abated nurses trainee allowances which it earlier promised to start paying since July 21. Payment of the promised abated nurses trainee allowances is beginning barely three weeks to the December 7 elections. According to the statement signed by the Head of Public … Read more
Government has started the payment of abated Nurses Trainee Allowance which was cancelled, the Ministry of Health has said. A statement signed by the Ministry’s Head of Public Relations, Tony Goodman said payments have begun through the various Schools’ Finance Offices. “The untaxed amount is GHC150.00 per student for three months making a total amount … Read more
The National Diabetes Association has dragged the Ministry of Health (MoH) to the president over the latter’s refusal to deal with it in the organisation of this year’s World Diabetes Day scheduled for November 14, 2016. The association claims that the ministry is rather dealing with a Coalition of NGOs In Health and Novo Nordisk, … Read more
An amount of GH¢1 million has been approved by government to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help mitigate the crisis at that facility. The Ministry of Finance is currently working on the necessary processes for the release of the funds. This comes after the Ministry of Health (MoH) released a cheque for GH¢300,000 and provided … Read more
An amount of GH¢1 million has been approved by government to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help mitigate the crisis at that facility. The Ministry of Finance is currently working on the necessary processes for the release of the funds. This comes after the Ministry of Health (MoH) released a cheque for GH¢300,000 and provided … Read more
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric hospital to call off their strike and resume work with immediate effect. The direction follows a meeting the Commission had on Wednesday with the Minister of Health, representatives of the nurses and authorities of the hospital. The psychiatric nurses on Monday embarked on … Read more
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric hospital to call off their strike and resume work with immediate effect. The direction follows a meeting the Commission had on Wednesday with the Minister of Health, representatives of the nurses and authorities of the hospital. The psychiatric nurses on Monday embarked on … Read more
The Ministry of Health has urged striking nurses of the Accra psychiatric hospital to call off their strike as it works to address their concerns. According to the Ministry, some GH¢1 billion will soon be disbursed by the Ministry of Finance for the procurement of some needed logistics for the facility. The psychiatric nurses on … Read more
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Akwasi Osei is justifying the strike by nurses at the facility. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise morning Show, Dr. Akwasi Osei believes government has not done enough about the plight of the striking nurses. “I appreciate the ministry’s own efforts but what we need is results, … Read more