(GBC-GH)Statistics from the Glaucoma Association of Ghana, GAG, indicate that about seven hundred thousand people are living with glaucoma in Ghana. Out of this, about 60 thousand people have already gone blind due to glaucoma. This has been attributed to the failure of people to visit the hospital regularly for eye check-up. Speaking at the [...]
(GNA -GH)The Central Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday took delivery of some clinical equipment and four ambulances donated by the USAID Focus Region Health Project and the Ghana Health Service at a short ceremony in Cape Coast. The equipment, worth $350,000, include stethoscope, blood pressure apparatus, delivery sets and tables, weighing scales, lights, autoclaves and [...]
The Lagos State government, yesterday, explained the rationale behind the sacking of 788 doctors under its employment, saying the decision was not a palatable one for the government even as it said the government had not foreclosed the issue of negotiation. Fielding questions from journalists during the state Ministry of Health annual ministerial briefing to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pill that has long been used to treat HIVhas moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that Gilead Sciences’ Truvada appears to be safe and effective for HIV prevention. It [...]
The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has denied reports that some children awaiting surgical operations at the hospital die due to a long waiting period. According to the hospital, emergency and critical cases are not put on waiting list but treated immediately. The spokesperson for the hospital, Mustapha Salifu, said the Pediatric Surgery [...]
(GBC-GH)Statistics from the Glaucoma Association of Ghana, GAG, indicate that about seven hundred thousand people are living with glaucoma in Ghana. Out of this, about 60 thousand people have already gone blind due to glaucoma. This has been attributed to the failure of people to visit the hospital regularly for eye check-up. Speaking at the [...]
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(GNA -GH)The Central Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday took delivery of some clinical equipment and four ambulances donated by the USAID Focus Region Health Project and the Ghana Health Service at a short ceremony in Cape Coast. The equipment, worth $350,000, include stethoscope, blood pressure apparatus, delivery sets and tables, weighing scales, lights, autoclaves and [...]
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The Lagos State government, yesterday, explained the rationale behind the sacking of 788 doctors under its employment, saying the decision was not a palatable one for the government even as it said the government had not foreclosed the issue of negotiation. Fielding questions from journalists during the state Ministry of Health annual ministerial briefing to [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A pill that has long been used to treat HIVhas moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that Gilead Sciences’ Truvada appears to be safe and effective for HIV prevention. It [...]
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The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has denied reports that some children awaiting surgical operations at the hospital die due to a long waiting period. According to the hospital, emergency and critical cases are not put on waiting list but treated immediately. The spokesperson for the hospital, Mustapha Salifu, said the Pediatric Surgery [...]
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Aspirin works as well as the blood thinner warfarin, or Coumadin, in most patients with heart failure when it comes to preventing death, stroke or brain hemorrhage, said a major international study on Wednesday. The findings published in the New England Journal of Medicinecame from a landmark clinical trial that lasted 10 years and tracked 2,305 patients in 11 countries. The combined [...]
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Surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital are on a sit-down strike in protest of management’s failure to reinstate the only specialist trainer. Reports suggest the hospital had two trainers one of whom died recently, while the Chief Executive revoked the appointment of the other. According to Luv FM’s Elton John Brobbey, the surgeons besieged [...]
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(CNN) – Four explosions that rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday have prompted a terror probe, the Ukrainian News agency reported. A regional prosecutor’s office has started a “terrorist case” into the blasts in Dnepropetrovsk. The explosions went off in the course of 70 minutes and injured at least 27. Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych said [...]
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(BBC)Ghana has become the first country in Africa to start protecting children against two of the continent’s deadliest infant diseases with simultaneous vaccinations. Rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea, and pneumococcal disease kill more than 2.7 million children worldwide each year. The project is backed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. At the launch health [...]
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(GNA)Dr Thomas Pollare, Chief Executive Officer of Sweden-Ghana Medical Centre (SGMC), on Monday said, the body is committed to offer cancer care services to Ghana and West Africa, using the state-of-the-art techniques and methods. SGMC runs a comprehensive cancer care facility, which aim at developing a centre of excellence for various cancer care modalities, adding: [...]
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