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Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO Fired Following Allegations of Negligence

Following allegations of incompetence that resulted in the recent death of a patient at the Tamale Teaching Hospital's (TTH) Accident and Emergency Ward, President John Dramani Mahama fired Dr. Adam Atiku, the hospital's chief executive officer. Concerns over the facility's declining healthcare services, where...

Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO Fired Following Allegations of Negligence

Following allegations of incompetence that resulted in the recent death of a patient at the Tamale Teaching Hospital's (TTH) Accident and Emergency Ward, President John Dramani Mahama fired Dr. Adam Atiku, the hospital's chief executive officer. Concerns over the facility's declining healthcare services, where...

Customs seizes GH₵20 million worth of opioids at Tema Port

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has grasped a 40-foot container of opioid pharmaceuticals worth GH₵20 million at the Tema Port. This was in a joint-intelligence led operation with the Food and Drugs Authority(FDA), Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), National Security, the National...

HEALTH: Hepatitis B, C epidemic on the rise in northern Ghana

It is estimated that about 2.8 million people have hepatitis B, while nearly 500,000 have hepatitis C in the country. The condition has disproportionately higher burdens and mortality in the Upper East, Upper West, North East, Savannah, and Northern regions. These came to light when Ghana...

Asantehene charges Health Minister to ensure speedy completion of stalled hospital projects.

Concerned with the sluggish progress of various hospital projects around the nation, especially in the Ashanti Region, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for quick action to finish such projects. Even if "we won't have the money to do it all at once,...