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Dr Pius Mensah, Medical Superintendent of Hohoe Municipal Hospital, has said the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic was a drain on the human resource of the Hospital. He said some staff of the Hospital had been trained to help in the management of the disease but some of them including …

The Electoral Commission has fixed Friday February 12 as the day to conduct Elections to elect Regional Representatives to the Council of State. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the elections would be held in all Regional Capitals at venues to be determined by the commission. “All …

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and the Ministry of Finance in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have supported five Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs) to launch COVID-19 Recovery Plans. A statement issued by the NDPC, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the COVID-19 Recovery …

Ghana continues to witness a steady rise in its COVID-19 active cases in recent weeks with the country confirming 658 new cases of infections on Friday. This comes barely 24 hours after the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced that it had recorded 391 new infections across eight regions on Thursday. …

Senior Staff members of the country’s public universities, have embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike action. The strike, which began on Thursday, January 21, is to press home their demand for improved conditions of service and the payment of their tier-two pension arrears. A statement signed by Mr Zakaria Mohammed, …

The Accra High Court hearing the treason case of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Kosi Agordzo and nine others, on Thursday sworn-in a seven-member jury to commence the trial. This was after eight out of 15 persons were rejected by some of the accused persons through their counsel. The …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday announced his picks to fill key ministerial positions in his government. The names of key sector nominees and regional ministers, have been forwarded to Parliament for vetting and approval. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, former finance minister has being named the finance minister-designate, whilst Mr Albert …

The Ghana Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) has withheld the licences of two medical doctors of the Council for their alleged involvement in child harvesting and trafficking. The two suspected medical doctors are: Dr Hope Mensah Quarshie, who works at the 37 Military Hospital, and owns the Susan Clinic, a …

There has been a failure on the part of successive governments to address the issues affecting ‘Kayayee’ (female head porters) in Ghana with regards to their education, health, and economic wellbeing. This was revealed in research by Dr Kennedy A. Alatinga, Senior Lecturer and Acting Dean, Faculty of Planning and …

The 72nd Annual New Year School and Conference has ended with a call on the government to establish a health infrastructure fund. Through such a Fund, resources could be dedicated for the creation of more laboratories, isolation and treatment centres, infectious disease control units, and public health facilities across the …