The celebrated heart surgeon and founder of the National Cardiothoracic Center, Professor Frimpong-Boateng has thrown his weight behind Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital's decision to increase the price of dialysis which backfired after public uproar.
According to him, the inputs needed for...
Ms. Nana Oye Edmund, Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH) in Tema, has encouraged patients to complete drugs prescribed by their doctors to ensure optimal health.
She explained that completing the full course of medicines ensures the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Egypt for its unprecedented progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, becoming the first country to achieve “gold tier” status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. Achieving the gold...
The Chairman of the Board of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. David Nkansah, has urged parliament to expedite processes to legalize organ harvesting and transplanting in the country.
He said that doing so would save thousands of Ghanaians who are...
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Ghana, killing about 2,000 women in 2020 in Ghana.
This was contained in a report by Changing Young Minds Project, a breast and cervical awareness group made available...
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an unqualified apology from the Ministry of Health (MoH) for its failure to clear donated antiretroviral drugs at the ports.
The Minority described the MoH’s excuse for the non-clearance as untenable, saying the ministry...
The Founder of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Beatrice Addae Wiafe, has advised the citizenry, particularly young women, to desist from taking alcohol excessively, smoking shisha and applying bleaching agents on their skin as they are some of the...
Save Africa Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation in organising medical outreaches, has carried out surgery for over 70 patients whose lives have been threatened by goiter, hernia, and fibroids.
The Foundation, which is one of the early groups of medical mission...
Dr Alexander Manu, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, School of Public Health, says many maternal deaths in the country are due to excessive bleeding and complications.
Dr Manu said over 19,500 babies were born dead in the year 2020 while...
Eye-related diseases are surging in the Bono Region, Dr. Ignatius Yeboah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Abesim-based St Ignatius Eye Centre has said.Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the side-lines of the fifth...