The Ghana Prisons Service is mandated by law to ensure the safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners whenever practicable. Prisons are a reflection of society as there are...
Dr. Eugene Dordoye has been removed as the medical director of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, a decision taken by the Ministry of Health Friday to end the longstanding impasse that has affected...
Mentally ill persons have taken over the streets of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in the Western Region, raising concerns about the safety of pedestrians and road users. Residents say one is likely to...
Nurses and physician assistants at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region have decided to stay away from work with immediate effect. In what they describe as “removal” from...
Nurses at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital have escalated the demand for the removal of the hospital’s medical director among other concerns as they stage a sit-down strike from Thursday morning....
The Authorities of Ankaful Psychiatric Mental Hospital in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipal of the Central Region will soon send home over 100 patients who are currently receiving treatment at...
At an austere mental health clinic in northern Syria, male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers. One man...
Three days after a sit-down strike, staff and student nurses of Pantang Psychiatric Hospital in the Greater Accra Region yesterday embarked on a demonstration to demand the occupied portions of lands...
A total of 16 mentally deranged persons who were chained to trees for years and forced to fast to fast with no or little medical attention have been rescued. Some the victims have been at the unnamed...
Psychiatric disorders (mental illness) according to experts can be caused by a predisposing factor. This means that it is genetic and could run in a family with history of mental illness and members...
play videoMental health care is one of the biggest challenges confronting the Ghanaian health sector In 2012, Ghana passed Mental Health Act 846 but the implementation is still pending with...
As part of measures to improve healthcare delivery in the country, Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana (PRCGA), a Ghanaian-based non-governmental organization, has extended its charity arm...
The Brong Ahafo Regional youth organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe affectionately called Abronye DC, has hit back at Joseph Yamin for daring to link him to recent disasters in the...
A 34-year-old man, Isaac Sackey, is being held by the police for allegedly murdering a commercial sex worker who allegedly stole his GH¢120 after he had had sex with her. Sackey is said to have...
play videoSome patients of the Ankaful Mental Health Facility loitering around the compound The Ankaful Psychiatric hospital in the Central region owes its drug and food suppliers over 4.5 million...
Charles Antwi, 36-year-old man who has been accused of trying to assassinate President John Mahama has finally been released from the cells of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). He was...
Charles Antwi, the man who was once jailed 10 years for attempting to kill President John Mahama, has finally regained his freedom. The 37-year-old man is to be released today December 30, 2016 from...
Charles Antwi, the man who was once jailed 10 years for attempting to kill President John Mahama, has finally regained his freedom. The 37-year-old man is to be released today December 30, 2016 from...
Renowned Human Rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu, is expected to file a formal petition to the Attorney General’s Department for the release of Charles Antwi, a 36-year-old man who was accused of...
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that a compassionate Nigerian rescued an insane young lady from the Abuja streets recently and admitted her to a hospital; while the Nigerian winks that many...
