More Mental Patients To Be Released
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said a lot has been done by the government and the Ministry of Health to mitigate the plight of healthcare delivery...
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200 Mental Patients To Be Released Today
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said a lot has been done by the government and the Ministry of Health to mitigate the plight of healthcare delivery...
A Cry At Noon, Accra Psychiatric Hospital’s Blues!
From Monday, October 31, 2016 to Friday, November 4, 2016, I was stationed at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital reporting for both 3FM and Onua FM, TV3’s radio stations. The nurses at the facility...
Understanding Your Prostate Pathology Report
I was very happy when a woman called me concerning her husband’s prostate cancer. She happens to know everything about his prostate cancer including Gleason score and I was amazed. She was very...
Tema ECG Steps Up Efforts To Curb Losses From Illegal Connections
The desire to reduce power losses and power theft, has compelled the Tema division of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), to intensify its house-to-house monitoring, and also to initiate moves to...
Reflections On Electoral Prophesies And Mental Health
Religion is a very delicate subject to discuss in public. We are told from history that the eastern question led to World War I (1914-1918). In history, the eastern question refers to how the Ottoman...
Wikes Laudable Policy Against Polio
Odimegwu Onwumere writes that Governor Wike of Rivers State has shown commitment to the fight against polio, following the new cases of the disease that vegetated in Borno State, but such commitment...
How To Get Rid of Spider Veins
Spider veins, also known as telangiectasias or angioectasias, are small, dilated blood vessels. The affected vessels appear like thin red or blue lines on the surface of the skin or mucous membranes...
Tooth Extraction, When Necessary, Is Not Bad
Tooth extraction, when necessary, is not bad We have read with serious concern, a front-page headline article titled "Tooth extraction is bad -Dentist" in the Friday, 21st October 2016 edition of The...
Health Expert Calls For Reorientation of Health Professionals On Mental Health
Health policy analyst, Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, wants the Ghana Health Service to reorient the training of health professionals in the country on mental health. That, he explained, would help ease the...
Hospitals In Ghana On High Alert Amid Cholera Outbreak In Cape Coast
The Ministry of Health has directed all districts and regional hospitals across the country to be on high alert and set up isolation centres following the outbreak of cholera in Cape Coast in the...
FOCOS Receives Award For Leadership In Orthopedic Healthcare
FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital has been awarded for its excellence in African healthcare innovation for musculoskeletal disorders and spine deformity in Abuja. FOCOS received the award at the just-ended...
157 Cases Recorded
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 157 cholera cases have been reported in the Central regional capital, Cape Coast. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, the Director of Public Health,...
Men Are Not Immune To Breast Cancer
According to Dr. Mercola’s article on breast cancer, the National Breast Cancer Foundation says, 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed each year in the US, making it three times more...
Are Mammograms Fueling Breast Cancer Rates?
Mammography is a great example of a stubborn head-in-the-sand approach to cancer screening says Dr. Mercola. He further said Americans are already exposed to seven times more radiation from...
One Of The Best Supplements For Breast Cancer
Dr. William LaValley from Austin Texas, is one of the top natural medicine cancer physicians I know and he recently shared this important information on curcumin which has the most evidence based...
Women Who Have Had An Abortion Are Up To Twice As Likely To Develop Breast Cancer
Women who have had an abortion are up to twice as likely to develop breast cancer, according to a British study. Breast cancer prevention is a must. What do you have to do? A healthful diet, regular...
Dr. Kwasi Debrah The Ghanaian Body Sculpting Surgeon
"After my initial training in women's health; Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN), I noticed a growing request and interest from my patients for Cosmetic Surgery. That really sparked my interest." The...
Woman Farts During Surgery and the Results Are Ghastly
A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room. The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo...
Health Ministry Begs Psychiatric Nurses To Return To Work
The Ministry of Health has urged striking nurses of the Accra psychiatric hospital to call off their strike as it works to address their concerns. According to the Ministry, some GH¢1 billion will...