Bolgatanga: The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has commended the management of the Upper East Regional Hospital for maintaining a tidy and neat facility. The commendation came during a visit led by the Committee’s Chairman, Dr. Mark Kurt Nawaane, who, alongside other members, toured the hospital and interacted with patients in various departments, including the […]
Health Protection
Government Urged to Modernise Health Training Institutions for Student Efficiency
Accra: Professor Angela Kwartemaa Acheampong, Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Wisconsin International University College (WIUC), has called on the government to modernise health training institutions to enhance the teaching and learning processes. She emphasized that such modernisation would ensure the production of qualified health practitioners, ultimately improving healthcare delivery. According to […]
Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo Assumes Office as New CEO of KATH
Kumasi: Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, has officially assumed office as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). His unveiling took place during a staff durbar on Monday, following the exit of Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, who had served as CEO since 2022. According to Ghana News […]
Massive Shakeup at GHS: Programme Managers, Deputy Directors Reassigned
Accra: The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has made some structural changes in its leadership with about 13 of its Programme Managers, Deputy Directors and Medical Superintendents reassigned. The reshuffling was primarily within the Public Health, Institutional Care, and Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Divisions, with transfers also occurring between the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Central, […]
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital Receives GHS 5.8 Million Dialysis Center
Akuapem-Mampong: Sustainable Health Education and Interventions (SHEILD), a not-for-profit organization, in collaboration with other partners, has established a GHS 5.8 million kidney dialysis center at the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital in Akuapem-Mampong, Eastern Region. The center aims to improve end-stage renal failure management for the region’s residents and surrounding areas, where over 300,000 individuals suffer […]