300 Children die at Korle Bu Child Health annually

Some 300 out of the 6,000 children who are admitted annually to the Child Health Services (CHS) Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital die. “The five per cent who die annually are actually candidates for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but there is no such facility for children in the hospital,” the head of the CHS, Professor Bamenla…

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16 Chained mentally challenged rescued at prayer camp

A team from the Mental Health Authority (MHA) stormed the Jesus Divine Prayer Camp at Fantsi Nyankumasi in the Central Region last Friday and released 16 mentally challenged people from chains. According to the Chief Psychiatrist and Chief Executive Officer of the MHA, Dr Akwasi Osei, who led the team, the action was part of the authority’s campaign on…

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Nurses from public and private schools to be treated same – Dr Nsiah Asare

Graduates nurses from private institutions will now have same job opportunities to apply and work like their counterparts who have graduated from state-owned institutions following an announcement by government to stop bonding them. “They are also Ghanaians who pay their fees and taxes to the government so why do we have to block them from working in our public…

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Malaria cases declining in Ghana

Dr. Seidu Barikisu, the Northern Regional Focal Person for Malaria, has disclosed that malaria cases have reduced from 41.2 per cent to 25.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year. He said malaria case fatality had also declined from 0.68 to 0.31 in the first quarter of this year. Dr Barikisu disclosed this during Malaria World day…

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Pregnant student nurses free to sit for exams – Health Ministry

Student nurses who get pregnant while in nursing training colleges can now have their babies while in school. This is because the regulation that bars them from getting pregnant while undertaking their course has been scrapped by the Ministry of Health. The decision comes on the back of incessant complaints by some pregnant women who have been prevented from…

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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least one person has died after contracting the virus in the country’s north-east, the WHO says. The Congolese health ministry had notified the WHO of a “lab-confirmed case” of Ebola, it added on Twitter. More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola…

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Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine

The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the jab had the potential to save tens of thousands of lives. But it…

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Popular Prostate Cancer Therapy Is Short, Intense and Unproven

After learning he had early stage prostate cancer, Paul Kolnik knew he wanted that cancer destroyed immediately and with as little disruption as possible to his busy life as the New York City Ballet’s photographer. So Mr. Kolnik, 65, chose a type of radiation treatment that is raising some eyebrows in the prostate cancer field. It is more intense…

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An End to Heart Disease? Not Quite

Imagine you have a high risk of heart disease. Maybe you even have had a heart attack or a stroke. Since then you have done everything you can to stay healthy: you exercise, track your blood pressure, take a statin. With the publication of a new study last week, you may well be wondering if there’s one more measure…

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