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From overcrowded wards to record births: How one maternity block is redefining maternal healthcare in Keta
What was once a maternity ward struggling with congestion, inadequate space and overstretched resources has become one of the busiest centres for childbirth in the Volta Region. Just two years after the MTN Ghana Foundation commissioned a modern 60-bed Maternity and Child Health Block at the Keta Municipal Hospital, th...
Adongo hands over ambulance, housing for doctors to boost healthcare delivery in Bolgatanga
Residents of the Bolgatanga Municipality are set to benefit from improved emergency healthcare services and better access to medical professionals, following the donation of a new ambulance and accommodation for newly posted doctors by the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo.
Otumfuo’s intervention leads KATH doctors to suspend strike
Doctors and nurses at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have suspended an industrial action launched in protest against the suspension of the hospital’s chief executive, Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo. The Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA) said the strike was suspended at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday (9 June), following...
Charcoal production poses serious health risks to residents — UENR scientist warns
Charcoal production in residential communities poses significant health and environmental risks, a climate scientist has warned, as concerns grow over air pollution in parts of the country. Caleb Mensah, head of Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), said smoke from ch...
Reinstate KATH CEO now – Minority caucus blasts suspension as political scapegoating
The minority caucus in Parliament is calling on the government to immediately reverse the suspension of the CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
Four patients undergo first procedures at new Korle Bu cath lab
Four patients have become the first to receive life-saving cardiac procedures at the newly commissioned Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab) at the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, marking the start of clinical operations just days after President John Dramani Mahama ina...
KATH faces shutdown as nurses and midwives move to join strike
Nurses and midwives at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have threatened to join an ongoing strike by doctors, escalating industrial tensions at one of Ghana’s largest referral hospitals over the suspension of its Chief Executive Officer, Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo. In a notice of industrial action dated 6 June the...
Rev. Ransford Obeng’s 70th birthday blood drive reinforces CCC’s lifesaving mission
The General Overseer of the Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC), Rev. Ransford Obeng, has urged Ghanaians to embrace voluntary blood donation as an act of service to humanity, saying his annual birthday celebrations have for the past decade been dedicated to saving lives through blood drives. Speaking at a blood donation...
GMA supports KATH doctors strike over CEO suspension – demands reinstatement within 3 days
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for the immediate reinstatement of the Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, describing the directive for his suspension as unjustified and without basis. The Association’s National Executive Council (NEC) decided follow...
Premier Health Insurance donates wheelchairs to Greater Accra Regional Hospital
Premier Health Insurance has presented 20 brand-new wheelchairs to the management of the Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) to help alleviate the shortage of mobility equipment at the facility.
GRNMA demands national policy to protect nurses and midwives following assault at Tema Polyclinic
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has condemned the physical assault of a senior staff midwife by relatives of a patient at the Tema Community 22 Polyclinic, calling for immediate steps to protect nurses and midwives across the country.
Poor maintenance undermined $250m health equipment investment under Atta Mills administration – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has called for a stronger maintenance culture in Ghana’s health sector, warning that investments in critical infrastructure and equipment could lose their value without proper care.