Parliament Approves GHc2.2m For NHIS
Parliament has approved the formula for the disbursement of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2017. A total of 2.2 million Ghana Cedis has been allocated to the NHIS which has struggled in...
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Bawumia Charges Board
The Vice President Mahmmud Bawumia has charged the newly constituted Board of Directors of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to resuscitate the scheme. He said the scheme was at a...
Withdraw NHIA Proposal From Parliament
The Minority in Parliament is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the proposed 2017 National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) formula from the Floor of Parliament. In the Minority’s view, the...
Proposed NHIA Formula Before Parliament Illegally
The Minority in Parliament is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the proposed 2017 National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) formula from the House. In the Minority’s view, the proposed NHIA...
Tamale Teaching Hosp. Management Rubbish ‘cash & Carry’ Untruths
Management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that patience are made to pay before healthcare is delivered. A group calling itself Coalition for Change in Government Institutions on...
CHPS Compounds To Go Digital For E-Health Services
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds and other primary health facilities across the nation are to be digitized to facilitate the deployment of e-health services to enhance...
Ghana Health Service Launches Project Mp4H
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Mp4H (Mobile phone for Health) project has been launched in Sunyani as part of a two-day midwives forum organised by the Brong-Ahafo Regional Health Directorate. The...
Stop the Political Interference At Tamale Teaching Hospital – MP
Deputy ranking member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Robert Kuganab-Lem has charged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to eschew political appointments and interferences at the Tamale...
CEO of Tamale Teaching Hospital Sacked
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr Prosper Akanbon has been relieved of his duties, mynewsgh.com can exclusively report. Dr Akanbon who had about two-years to...
Rawlings Started NHIS
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which is believed to be the brainchild of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), started during...
Anaba Sues Government Over Ridge Hospital Dismissal
Dr. Thomas Anaba has been asked to step down as the Medical Director of the Ridge Regional Hospital The dismissed Medical Director of the Ridge Regional Hospital Dr Thomas Anaba has sued government...
Dr. Anabah Sues Govt; Seeks Reinstatement At Ridge Hospital Et Al.
Dr Thomas Winsum Anabah, who was dismissed as the Medical Director of the Ridge Regional Hospital, has sued the government seeking five reliefs for what he termed unlawful termination of his...
We’ve Disbursed GHC 60 M To Service Providers
The National Health Insurance Authority has confirmed to Citi News that it is currently disbursing some sixty million Ghana cedis to service providers owed since June 2016. The Pharmacy Council...
We’re Ready For Ridge Hospital CEO’S Lawsuit – Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health has said it is ready to appear before the law court to defend its decision to transfer the Director of the Ridge hospital, Dr Thomas Anaba. Mr. Anaba has threatened to sue the...
We’re Ready For Ridge Hospital CEO Lawsuit
The Ministry of Health has said it is ready to appear before the law court to defend its decision to transfer the Director of the Ridge hospital, Dr Thomas Anaba. Mr. Anaba has threatened to sue the...
Ridge Hospital Handicapped But Not Fully Shut Down – Health Ministry
The ministry of health has confirmed the closure of newly refurbished the Accra Regional Hospital also known as the Ridge hospital three days after it was opened to the public by the Health Minister,...
NHIS Is Broke, We Can’t Pay Our Debts – CEO Cries
Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Samuel Annor, has disclosed that the Scheme is broke and unable to pay service providers. “The NHIA is at a stage...
Ghana Health Service Issues Ebola Alert
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an Ebola alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an Ebola outbreak in the north-east. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as at...
I Didn’t Sack Ridge Hospial Medical Director; I Reassigned Him – Health Minister
Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has discounted reports that he terminated the appointment of the Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital without recourse to due process. According to him, he...
Pay GHS200m Debt
The Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops conference have called on managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG)...