Health

Checkout 60-bed hospital Akufo-Addo commissioned at Tepa [Video+Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday commissioned the new 60-bed Ahafo Ano Municipal Hospital, located in Tepa, in the Ashanti Region. The hospital, initiated...

4700 communities declared open defecation-free – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia says under the tenure of the Akufo-Addo government, 4700 communities have been declared open-defecation free. Tracking government promises, he stated...

Bawumia reveals secrets to his envious figure [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bawumia reveal health secrets Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has shared secrets for keeping fit in spite of his busy schedules. He said he...

Shocking: Rabies claim one life in every 15 minutes

The Chairman of Rabies in West Africa (RIWA-Ghana), Dr. Richard D Suu-ire has disclosed that one person loses his life as a result of...

The forgotten women: Impact of Covid-19 on obstetric fistula patients

“I don’t know what Covid-19 is. All I can say is that it has come to disrupt our lives. I would have had my...

Mass withdrawal of corpses at KATH as mortuary workers threaten strike

Several bereaved families preserving their dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday thronged the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to withdraw their...

Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases up by 53, death toll now 301

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country has recorded 38 new cases of Covid-19. This brings the total case count to 46,482. According to...

How to remove facial hair naturally with egg, tissue

A raved method for removing facial hair is the eggs and tissue method which not only removes facial hair but leaves the skin clean,...

Breast Care Int’l announces plan for 2020 awareness month

Breast Care International (BCI) has announced the innovative ways it will hold the 2020 October breast cancer month as Covid-19 still lingers. According to the...

Govt to commission hospital at Tepa – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister has commented on the preparedness of the government to commission the Tepa Hospital in the Ashanti region. He said, the...

People with larger thighs and hips live longer – Study suggests

Excess fat around the waist is linked to a higher risk of early death than overall body fat but larger hips and thighs are...

How to properly take care of the vagina

Expert sex coach, Akosua Davies, has freely tipped women on how well they can take care of their private parts and what to do...

Kumawood actor crippled after collapsing at event [Video]

Popular Kumawood actor, Samuel Agyei, widely known as 'Long Face', has been rendered crippled after he collapsed at an event. According to him, the unfortunate...

Police seize 324,000 used condoms being washed and resold in a raid [Photos]

Police in Vietnam have seized 324,000 used condoms which were being recycled to be sold again. Paid workers were tasked with cleaning the rubber contraceptives...

14 simple makeup tips for women over 50 to feel young forever

Eye makeup for older women is a way to hold onto youth and look glowy all the time. Gone are the days of piling on makeup to look more...

I need GHS 50,000 or have my leg amputated: 18-yr-old Tema Tech graduate with bone cancer [Video]

When Winfred Narh, an 18-year-old graduate of Tema Technical School was preparing to go for the 31st Night vigil like any other Christian, he...

Nurses and Midwives Association suspends strike

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has temporarily called off its strike which started on Monday, September 20. Addressing a section of the...

7 common mistakes you probably make in the bathroom

The toilet is one of the most used part but least taken care of. There are some of the things you thought you were...

6 surprising health benefits of sugarcane juice

Given its popularity to beat the heat, it is no surprise that sugarcane is so popular in Nigeria. The refreshing juice is loaded with abundant...

Hospitals in Takoradi record low OPD attendance

Nurses and Midwives in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality have joined the nationwide strike action embarked by nurses in demand for better working...

Another injunction placed on striking health workers

An Accra High Court has for the second time in four days, ordered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) through a substituted...

Akufo-Addo presents 10,000 hospital beds to Health Ministry

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday presented 10,000 hospital beds, under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), to be distributed to hospitals across the...

Real cause of nurses’ strike revealed[audio]

Government's failure to provide some allowances is to blame for the strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) The Association is demanding...

We have not sworn oath of poverty – Striking nurses to govt[audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We have not sworn oath of poverty – Striking nurses to govt Striking nurses across the country say they will not beat retreat...

Pregnant sickle cell patient struggling for life amid strike by nurses [Video]

A sickle cell patient, who is due to deliver through a caesarean birth, is reported to be left unattended to at the...

Govt reacts to nurses’ strike

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, is urging nurses to return to post after they embarked on a nationwide strike over poor conditions...

Okoe-Boye reacts to ongoing nurses’ strike action

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye is urging nurses to return to post after they embarked on a nationwide strike over poor conditions...

Nurses’ strike leads to death of woman, 88

The strike by the Ghana Registered Nursing and Midwives Association of Ghana (GRNMA) has cost the life of an 88-year-old woman identified as Uginlen...

Coalition on health sends strong message to govt, nurses over strike [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Coalition on health sends strong message to govt, nurses over strike action A Non-Governmental Organisation, Coalition on Health, has slammed the Ghana Registered...

No nurses at major hospitals in Accra

There are no Nurses at major hospitals in the Greater Accra Metropolis, the Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) investigation at the facilities on Monday has...

Patients stranded in hospitals as health workers begin strike

Scores of patients have been left stranded in hospitals across the country following health workers' strike on Monday, September 21, 2020. The nurses, midwives and...

Sexual assault case against Sawla-Tuna-Kalba NHIA Manager takes new twist [Video]

https://youtu.be/7YjEFNSjUZs The sexual assault case against the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has taken a new twist. According to Doreen Smith, the nurse...

Nurses and midwives urge managers to direct attacks to employer

The Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has urged managers of public healthcare facilities in the Region...

Mandatory wearing of face mask extended again!

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended for another three months mandatory wearing of face masks in public as the country tries to contain...

Full Text: Akufo-Addo’s 17th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening This is the 17th time that you are kindly opening the doors to your homes to me, to enable me brief you...

Court places injunction on impending strike by health workers

The National Labour Commission has secured an interlocutory injunction against a planned strike by some health workers. The injunction was filed at an Accra High...

46,000 people living with HIV refuse treatment

About 46,000 people living with HIV have refused treatment, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has revealed. According to the Director-General of the commission, Mr Kyeremeh...

Nurses declare strike over conditions of service

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has directed its members to withdraw their services from Monday, September 21. According to the Association, government...

Doctor who removes immigrants’ wombs exposed [video]

A whistleblower nurse and lawyers have identified a surgeon, who removes immigrants’ wombs at a detention facility in Georgia, United States of America (USA),...

Four-year-old boy unable to talk, walk and see after being given wrong drug (video)

The 37 Military Hospital has been accused of turning a four-year-old boy, affectionately called Prophet by his mother, into a vegetable. The four-year-old boy,...