The Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced 21-year-old Priscilla Appiah to two (2) and half years in prison with hard labour for conspiring with her mother to steal a newborn baby at the Kumasi South Hospital in June 2019. The court last year sentenced her mother, 45-year-old Theresah Asamoah, to six …
Read More »DR Congo hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts
Challenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Injured civilians, mostly women who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds, have …
Read More »VIDEO: Soldiers injured in Bawku clash reportedly airlifted to 37 Military Hospital
Some three military officers who were caught up in a shootout with some residents of Buabula, a suburb of Bawku, in the Upper East Region have been airlifted to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. They are said to be critically injured. Seven persons are feared dead following Wednesday dawn’s …
Read More »Accra Psychiatric Hospital not sold – Health Minister
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …
Read More »Attack on Ukraine hospital kills 3, wounds 17, officials say
An airstrike on a hospital in the port of Mariupol killed three people, including a child, the city council said Thursday, and Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities, even as the top diplomats from both sides met for the first time since the war began. The attack a …
Read More »Oliver Barker-Vormawor allegedly rushed to hospital
#FixTheCountry movement has announced that its lead convener, Oliver Barker Mawusi-Vormawor who is currently in police custody, was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday morning due to health complications. According to the social movement, Oliver who has been in custody for over three weeks had been experiencing minor health challenges. …
Read More »Attempted bullion van robbery: Three persons admitted to hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds
The Ghana Police Service has announced that three persons sustained gunshot wounds following Tuesday’s attempted bullion van robbery. The Police through the intervention of an officer on duty successfully foiled an attempted bullion van robbery at Industrial Area, Accra, today. In a statement released via the official Facebook page of …
Read More »PHOTOS: Rats, weed take over newly constructed Yilo Krobo District Hospital
Rats and weed have taken over the newly constructed Yilo Krobo District Hospital in the Eastern Region. The 120-bed health facility, which was completed in January 2021 and handed over to the government, is yet to be put to its intended use. The facility, which lacks human resources, already has …
Read More »Okada rider killed in accident at Lapaz; another rushed to hospital
A okada” rider on Saturday morning died at the Lapaz traffic light in Accra, while the passenger on his bike has been rushed to the hospital. An eyewitness, Peter Owusu told Citi News, the okada rider attempted to manoeuvre his way through two vehicles when the unfortunate incident happened. According to …
Read More »Shama chief descends on Akufo-Addo gov’t over abandoned hospital project
Acting President of the Shama Traditional Council Nana Kwamina Wienu II has described as frustrating and unfair instances where governments go ahead to cut the sod for the construction of projects amidst pomp and pageantry only to abandon them almost immediately after. According to the traditional ruler, the joy and …
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