Tag Archives: HOSPITAL

I no longer use NHIS card; I pay when I go to hospital – Health Minister laments

Minister of Health, Kweku Agyemang Manu has revealed that he pays cash whenever he visits the hospital despite being on the National Health Insurance Scheme. He mentioned specifically that visits to the Ridge Hospital and the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) have seen him pay cash after receiving the …

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Check Out The Oldest Hospital In Nigeria

Hospitals have been an essential part of societies for centuries, and they have played a crucial role in the development of medical practices and healthcare systems. In Nigeria, there are several hospitals that have been in existence for a long time, but the oldest hospital in Nigeria is the Sacred …

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Why Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is also called Gee Hospital

The premier hospital in the Ashanti Region and arguably the second biggest hospital in the country is officially known as the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The name of the hospital which was built in 1954, as it suggests is in honor of Komfo Anokye, the great priest who per history …

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‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital

Pope Francis has joked that he is “still alive” as he left hospital in Rome after a three-day stay. He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital mid-week with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. The Vatican had said he was responding to antibiotics and would be released on Saturday, depending …

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After pizza, prayer and baptisms; Pope Francis set to leave hospital

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to children in a cancer ward on Friday, even baptizing a baby, as he prepared to leave the hospital where he has been undergoing treatment for three days. The 86-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday with what turned out to …

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Pope Francis in hospital sake of respiratory infection

Di 86-year-old bin get breathing difficulties in recent days but e no get Covid, according to statement from di Vatican. E say e go need “a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy”. “Pope Francis dey touched by di plenty messages wey e don received and e don express his …

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Kintampo accident: 13 victims buried, 18 discharged from hospital

The mortal remains of thirteen people who perished in a gory accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway have been laid to rest on Sunday, March 5, 2023. The remains were finally laid to rest at the Kintampo Cemetery following identification and other necessary hospital protocols by family members. It was a …

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LEKMA Hospital to produce oxygen from April

The Ledzokuku Municipal Hospital (LEKMA) will from April this year begin the production of oxygen at the facility to help save lives, Mr Charles Banafo, Administrator at the Hospital has said. Mr Banafo noted that oxygen continued to be an essential medicine in the provision of health care delivery to …

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5 reported dead due to lack of oxygen at Tamale Teaching Hospital

Investigations by GhanaWeb have revealed that death cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital are rising due to the absence of oxygen at the hospital. Checks at the teaching hospital indicate that at least five patients who needed oxygen support may have died between Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, alone. The …

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Oxygen shortage hits Tamale Teaching Hospital

Management of the Tamale Teaching hospital has said it is taking steps to address challenges with the shortage of oxygen supply currently being experienced at the hospital. In a statement signed by its Acting Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Atiku Adam, it said the development is a temporary glitch and the …

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