Ministers On PAC To Be Replaced
CHAIRMAN of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has hinted that all ministers serving on PAC would soon be replaced with Members of Parliament (MPs) who are not ministers to...
Tag: Ghana Health Service
Ghana Health Service Pays GHc61,000 To Government,out of GHc 116,400 Vehicles Auctioned
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has paid Gh?61,000, being part payment of the GH¢ 116,400 realised from the sale of “unserviceable” vehicles, into government’s Non-Tax Revenue Account (NTRA)....
PAC Resumes Sitting Today
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament will resume sitting today, Tuesday 2 May, after the May Day break. Last week’s sitting revealed how large sums of monies accruing from the auction of...
Greater Accra Region Records 197 Maternal Deaths
The Greater Accra Region recorded 197 maternal deaths, while 100 women died through bleeding. Dr Linda A. Vanotoo, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), who made this known in...
Health Alert! Cholera Outbreak Looms Across Ghana
The Ghana Health Service has issued a cholera alert, warning of a possible widespread outbreak across the country in the coming days. A statement signed and issued by its Director General, Anthony...
US To Construct 55 New CHPS Compound For Northern, Volta Regions
A total of 55 Community-based Health Planning System (CHPS Compound) are to be constructed in most deprived communities in the Northern and Volta regions of Ghana by the United States government....
Ghana Health Service Issues Cholera Alert
The Ghana Health Services (GHS) has reminded all Regional Directors of Health Services across the country of the likelihood of cholera outbreaks as the rains set in in May and June. The GHS, in a...
GHS Auctions Mitsubishi Ambulance For GHC350; PAC Raises Red Flag
A Mitsubishi Ambulance belonging to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) that was auctioned at GHC350.00 has incurred the wrath of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The Committee does not understand why...
Ghana Registers Remarkable Reduction In Malaria Cases
Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, the Behavioural Change Communication Specialist of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has observed that there is a remarkable reduction in malaria cases in terms of prevalence...
PAC Helps Retrieve GHC61,000 From GHS
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) has said it had helped to retrieve GH¢61,000 from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), paid to Government through the Ministry of Finance, this week. Dr...
Commend PAC For Crucial Role In Retrieving State Cash – Avedzi
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the retrieval of some GHC 61,000 from the Ghana Health Service into state coffers as one of its success stories. The said amount was realised from...
PAC Chides Ghana Health Service For Flouting Rules On Auction of Cars
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has indicted the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for failing to pay more than GHC61,000 being proceeds from the auction of nine vehicles into a non-tax...
Day 4 of Public Accounts Committee Sitting
The Public Accounts Committee is holding its final sitting today in Parliament on the performance Audit of the Auditor General Report for the year 2015. Managers of some state institutions were...
Construction of 55 New CHPS Compounds Begins
A sod has been cut to commence the construction of 55 new Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds in the Northern and Volta Regions to improve access to health care and reduce...
PAC Slams Health Ministry For Selling State Cars Cheaply To Staff
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has faulted the Ministry of Health for the sale of 25 state vehicles, and over 140 motor cycles in 2014 in a manner that breaches the Financial Administration...
Auctioneer Sells State Cars For GHC 350
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Ghana Police Service are on the hunt for an auctioneer who failed to account for the disposal of government vehicles totalling GHS30,000. This was uncovered in...
PAC, Police Hunt For Auctioneer
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Ghana Police Service are on the hunt for an auctioneer who failed to account for the disposal of government vehicles totalling GHS30,000. This was uncovered in...
Ghana AIDS Commission Gets New Board
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the re-constituted 19-member governing board of the Ghana AIDS Commission, with a charge on the members to use their resourcefulness to mobilise...
Stay Calm, Deputy Health Minister Tells Unemployed Nurses
The Deputy Health Minister, Tina Mensah, has called on unemployed bonded registered nurses, to remain calm as the Ministry is working with appropriate bodies to recruit them in due course. The...
Pregnant Nurse Picket Over Night For Post
Four-month pregnant nurse joined 97 unemployed nurses that picketed at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) over the government’s failure to post them after completing their national service. The nurses...