Health
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Victims of disasters need Psychosocial intervention – Dr Agyemang
The National President of the Ghana Psychological Association, Dr Collins Badu Agyemang has urged the Government of Ghana to provide Psychosocial intervention to victims of disasters. According to Dr…
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Private individuals must not handle the coronavirus vaccines – GHS warns
The Ghana Health Service has cautioned the general public against contracting individuals to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. It follows the arrest of some 3 persons for allegedly stealing via…
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GHS to commence vaccination of 90,000 health today
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from today, March 22, begin the vaccination of 90,000 health workers outside the COVID-19 epicentres in the country. The GHS said it would create two vaccination c…
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GHS to commence vaccination of health workers next week
Director of Health Promotions at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Dacosta Aboagye has disclosed that all health workers in the country will next week be vaccinated even though some of them have already …
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[Photo] Doctors in shock as 25-year-old housewife menstruates from her eyes
Doctors were left shocked when a housewife on her period started crying tears of blood in an extremely rare medical anomaly. The 25-year-old woman from Chandigarh, India, was diagnosed with haemolacr…
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Brave nurse risk all odds to save dying patient, against physician’s order
A nurse at the Ho Municipal Hospital has been receiving praises online after a story emerged about how she insisted against the express instructions of a Physician Assistant to administer a drug to a…
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30 per cent of Ghana’s annual deaths caused by stroke – SASNET-Ghana
The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET-Ghana) has revealed that stroke is the third leading cause of deaths in the country, adding that the country records an annual 30 percent cases. T…
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Eastern Regional Hospital hold 246 patients hostage over failure to clear bills
Over 246 recovered patients the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua have been detained for failing to pay for their medical bills totaling GH¢281, 092. This development was brought to bear during …
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Ghanaians warned against inserting different objects into ears
Judith Agyeiwaa Donkor, the National Second Vice-Chairperson of the Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) Nurses Group, has cautioned against the habit of inserting objects into the ears to avoid hearing loss.…
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Hong Kong scientist develops machine to help detect childhood autism
A Hong Kong scientist has developed a method to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to scan retinas of children as young as six to detect early autism or the risk of autism and hopes to …