Advertisement AdvertisementThe Minister for Health, Madam Sherry Ayitey, has underscored the need for the country to support local pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and ensure that their products are internationally accredited and prequalified. Madam Ayitey made the call in Accra, yesterday, when she inaugurated two committees, namely the Bioequivalence Center committee and the Healthy Living and Lifestyle...
Government has earmarked both the Maamobi Polyclinic and the LA General Hospital for various medical facility upgrades and infrastructural expansions, Health Minister, Hon Sherry Ayitey, has disclosed. According to Ms Ayitey, the initiative was part of governments’ commitment to expanding accessibility in all district and municipal hospitals and also to ensure that all Ghanaians...
Health Minister, Hon. Sherry Ayitey, has expressed satisfaction over the emergency plans put in place by the Police Hospital and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, in the face of the on-going strike action by medical officers. The minster made the assessment, when she visited both hospitals yesterday, to familiarize herself with conditions in the hospitals....
Mr Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Health, yesterday inaugurated the Governing Council of Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives with a call on them to promote quality nursing. They should ensure continuous professional development in the various clinical, and sub clinical specialties in nursing and midwifery in the country. The 12-member Governing Council would also...
The Association of Private Medical Laboratories (APML) has called for a legislative instrument to regulate the establishment and operations of private medical laboratories in the country. Mr Samuel Boabeng, Member of the Association who made the call observed that the absence of such a law had led to the increase of wrong diagnosis of...
Sixteen communities in the Yendi Municipality can now have quality health care at their doorstep. This follows the completion of a modern clinic built by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Ghana, situated at Malzeri. The communities include Kpatia, Bagbani, Nalogu and Sani, all farming communities. The facility has a...
President John Dramani Mahama yesterday said the country witnessed a massive health care improvement in the last four years than any other regime in the fourth Republic. “Across the country, an unprecedented number of modern health care delivery facilities including the upgrading of the Tamale Hospital into an ultra-modern Teaching Hospital have been provided,”...
Breast Care International (BCI), Ghana’s leading breast cancer awareness creation and research organisation has, in collaboration with Peace and Love Hospitals in Kumasi and Accra, presented large quantities of essential drugs to a number of health facilities in the country. The drugs, including antihypertensive, anti-epileptic, atherosclerotic Vascular disease, osteoporosis, gallbladder and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia...
The Management of Aponche Memorial Herbal Clinic (AMHC), has warned impersonators who use the clinic’s name to advertise their business to put a stop to it or they would be prosecuted. Essilfi, a senior doctor at AMHC, said it had come to the notice of the authorities of the clinic that some quack herbalists...
Mr Michael Ikpoki, Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) and chairman of the MTN Foundation Ghana, today commissioned a GHc 338, 610.75 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Center for the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. Mr Ikpoki said he was delighted to commission the ICT center because it was one of...
