ECG Office Shut Down Indefinitely
The Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been shut down indefinitely. Deputy General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU), Richard Nyarbah who disclosed...
Tag: Clinical medicine
Akufo-Addo’s Government Should Support Kidney Failure Patients
A broadcast Journalist with UTV and Peace FM Abigail N. M Ashley has called on the Akufo-Addo’s government to as a matter of urgency support people suffering from kidney failure through the...
Prostate Cancer Treatment ‘could Help More Patients’
One of the largest clinical trials for prostate cancer has given “powerful results”, say UK researchers. A drug for treating prostate cancer that has spread was found to save lives when offered...
Drug Cocktail Offers Small Improvement To Breast Cancer Patients
A major clinical trial using a new anti-cancer medicine cocktail by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche produced only a modest gain in survival, researchers said Monday. The study added pertuzumab...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the...
Contaminated Vaccines Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in a South Sudanese village last month after being administered with contaminated measles vaccines, the country's health minister said Friday. During the vaccination of 300...
HIV Prevalence High Among Females
Dr Patrick Bampoh, Northern Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS, has said the HIV prevalence is high among females in the region. He said this year, the prevalence rate for females in the region is...
Olivia Newton-John Reveals New Cancer 25 Years Later
Singing great Olivia Newton-John revealed Tuesday a return of breast cancer, 25 years after her first successful battle made her an advocate for fighting the disease. The British-born star said she...
Six Dead After Dialysis Treatment In Vietnam
Six people are dead and 12 others have been sent for treatment after undergoing kidney dialysis at a hospital in Vietnam on Monday, health officials said. The victims were suspected to have suffered...
The Restoration Journey of Mma Fulera
After she lost the courage to trade in vegetables – her source of livelihood at the Aboabo market in Tamale – due to her fistula condition after her fifth birth, 40 years old Mma Fulera is now...
Somanya Residents Attack Local Radio Station After ECG Protest
Citi FM’s partner station at Somanya in the Eastern Region, Rite FM, temporarily faced the wrath residents protesting against Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Friday. “It took the...
No Arrest Made For Fear of Escalation
No one has been arrested in connection with Friday’s damage of the Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Yilo Krobo Member of Parliament (MP) has said. Magnus Kofi Amoatey...
Somanya Residents Demonstrate Against ‘killer ECG Bills’
Hundreds of the angry residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region, besieged the offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to demonstrate over what they describe as over-billing. The residents...
Somanya Residents Clash With ECG Staff Over ‘shocking’ Bills
Some residents of Somanya have clashed with staff of the ECG in the area over billing Some residents of Somanya in the Eastern region have clashed with staff of the ECG in the area over billing...
Kidney Traffickers Arrested In Cambodia
Two Cambodians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking at least ten organ donors to India for illegal kidney transplants worth tens of thousands of dollars, police said Friday. The two Phnom...
Modern Family Actress Hits Back Over Body Shaming
"I'm here to say that no-one should aim to be the weight that I am right now," Sarah Hyland said as she responded to criticism about her appearance. The Modern Family actress took to social media...
Cannabis Extract Cuts Seizures For Epilepsy Patients
The first large-scale clinical trial of a cannabis derivative known as cannabidiol shows it was able to cut the frequency of severe epileptic seizures by 39 percent, researchers said Wednesday....
Black Man Gets White Penis Transplant
A 40-year-old black man received a penis transplant from a white donor, 17 years after he lost his own penis in a routine circumcision. A team of South African doctors from Stellenbosch University...
Six Companies Shortlisted To Bid For ECG Concession
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted six applicant companies under the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution of the Electricity...
First ECG Bidders Conference Takes Off
The first Bidders’ Conference on the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been held in Accra....