| FDB recalls two drugs |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 13:00 |
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The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of substandard antibiotics produced by two Chinese companies from the local market.
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| JFL Hospital Team Performs First Open-Heart Surgery in Territory |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 09:45 |
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A team of doctors at Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital Tuesday performed the first open-heart surgery in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The hospital's cardiac surgeon, Dr. Moses deGraft-Johnson, and a team of highly trained physicians and nurses performed the surgery on a female patient from St.
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| UN health body issues first-ever guidelines on procuring safe malaria medicines |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 02:00 |
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9 March - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidelines for malaria treatment, marking the first time the agency has released guidance on procuring safe and effective medicines to treat the disease.
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| Asante-Mampong Hospital takes delivery of ambulance |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:45 |
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Mampong (Ash), March 10, GNA - The Italian City of Reggio Emelia, has presented a specially equipped ambulance valued at GH¢50,000.00 to the Asante-Mampong District Hospital.
The ambulance was donated to the medical facility through Ghana's former Ambassador to Italy, Mr Charles Agyei-Amoama.
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| Third phase of rehabilitation works of Bolga Hospital underway |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:45 |
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Bolgatanga, March 10, GNA - Ghana and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday signed a contract for the commencement of the third phase of the rehabilitation of the Bolgatanga Hospital in the Upper East Region.
The Saudi Government is to provide 12 million dollars as grant while Ghana would contribute two million dollars towards the execution of the project expected to take four years to complete.
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| Asante-Mampong Hospital takes delivery of ambulance |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:30 |
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The Italian City of Reggio Emelia has presented a specially equipped ambulance valued at GH¢50,000.00 to the Asante-Mampong District Hospital.
The ambulance was donated to the medical facility through Ghana's former Ambassador to Italy Charles Agyei-Amoama.
Handing over keys to the vehicle to the hospital's management, the ex-diplomat pledged to help the facility acquire additional equipment and logistics.
Mr
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| Know sickle cell status of your marriage partner - Mettle-Nunoo |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:30 |
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Deputy Health Minister Rojo Mettle-Nunoo
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| Know sickle cell status of your marriage partner - Mettle-Nunoo |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:30 |
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Accra, March 9, GNA - Mr. Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, Deputy Minister of Health, has stressed the need for Ghanaians to know the sickle cell status of their prospective marriage partners to reduce its incidence in the country.
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| Third phase of rehabilitation works of Bolga Hospital underway |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:45 |
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Dr Elias Sory, Director-General, Ghana Health Service
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| Asaam Health Centre takes delivery of ambulance |
| Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:15 |
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Asaam (Ash), March 8, GNA - The Asaam Health Centre in the Asante-Mampong Municipality, has received an ambulance valued at about GH¢18,000.
A businessman and a native of the town, Mr Yaw Amponsah Marfo, donated the ambulance to the Centre.
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| One-time payment for NHIS feasible if... - ISODEC |
| Monday, 08 March 2010 13:00 |
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The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) says the one-time-off premium payment for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is possible and achievable "if the government is willing to chart this path."
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| UDS calls for support for its medical school programme |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:45 |
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Accra, March 5, GNA - The University for Development Studies (UDS) has began a medical programme suited for varied socio-economic settings, Professor Kaku Sagary Noko, Acting Vice Chancellor said on Friday.
He said the Problem Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy was introduced in September 2006 after almost 10 years of planning, with the last two years being more intense with training and retraining of academic staff and tutorial fellows.
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| 'Parents must immunise all under- six children' |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:45 |
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Dr George Amofa, Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Friday urged parents to ensure that their children below six years are given polio immunisation during the national exercise.
He said Polio was a life long devastating disease, hence the partnership between the GHS, World Health Organisation and UNICEF to immunise children each year to boost their immune system.
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| Three nurses to be in court for assaulting a patient |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 02:00 |
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Hardworking nurses at work
The patient named only as Aso was said to have been manhandled by the three in the full glare of other patients last week after petty squabble had ensued.
Lawyer
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| Tema Health Directorate to immunize 74,332 children against Polio |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 15:15 |
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Tema, March 5, GNA - The Tema Health Directorate has targeted about 74,332 children, aged below five years, to be immunized against Polio, during the first phase of this year's nationwide Polio Immunization Campaign.
The first of the four rounds campaign would start on Friday, March 5 and end on Sunday March 7.
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