Gov’t To Employ 11,000 Health Trainees, 181 Doctors

There are measures to employ 11,000 health trainees who graduated between 2012 and 2016, and 181 doctors who also completed their housemanship seven months ago. Government has also allocated GH¢ 252 million Ghana cedis for the restoration of nurses and teacher trainees’ allowances. These measures are aimed at improving the health delivery system in Ghana, … Read more

Wa Hospital Stops Fresh Admissions For Lack of Consumables

Some of the nurses who spoke to the GNA on condition of anonymity disclosed that consumables such as bandage, liquid soap, savlon lotion, guardian soap, disposable blocks, parazon, washing powder, vim, disposable syringes, plaster, mutilated spirit, and face mask were in short supply at the Hospital. They therefore complained that the situation exposed them and … Read more

Health Directorate Intensifies Tuberculosis Screening

The Upper West Regional Directorate of Health Services has intensified its screening efforts at identifying persons with Tuberculosis, taking on-board screening of miners in Nadowli District and at Out-Patient Departments of health facilities. Gene Xpert and Digital X-ray equipment have also been installed at the Regional Hospital in Wa to help facilitate screening for the … Read more