Six Senior High Schools have proven dominant in producing students who make the cut to attend the University of Ghana’s Medical School. According to a former Vice-Chancellor of UG, Professor Ivan Addae-Mensah, these schools have contributed to 50% of the over 1,270 students who have been trained as medical doctors …
Read More »Phase 2 of UG Medical Centre complete, fully operational
The Management University of Ghana Medical Centre has today announced the completion of phase II of its Centre. The CEO of the facility Dr. Darius Osei said the UGMC housed three main focal areas; a 1000 bed clinical services section, a Medical Training and Simulation Centre and a Medical and …
Read More »Parliament speaks on Bagbin’s medical travels: Here are the major issues addressed
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin through the Parliamentary Service issued a March 7, 2022 statement in which matters relating to his medical trip to the United Arab Emirates were addressed. The statement essentially dealt with the purported reports around the composition of his delegation on one hand, per diems paid …
Read More »‘Your medical records not permission to be absent’ – Ablakwa replies Ken Agyapong
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has schooled colleague MP for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong on what constitutes absence with permission in the Constitution. According to Ablakwa, it is worrying that some MPs absent themselves from the House beyond the Constitutionally accepted limit and that there is …
Read More »UG Medical School rejected my nephew because he is not Ga – Kennedy Agyapong alleges
Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has charged the Minister of Education to pay particular attention to the admission process of medical school students in the country. Kennedy Agyapong asserts that the process is fraught with nepotism and tribalism which prevent some deserving students from gaining admission. He said on …
Read More »Bagbin fly to Dubai for medical review after budget rejection
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Saturday leaves the shores of Ghana to Dubai to undergo medical review after the 2022 budget was rejected. He had allegedly presided over the rejection of the budget after the majority walked out. In a letter issued and signed on behalf of the Clerk …
Read More »Outcry greets Nigeria’s president Buhari’s UK medical trip as doctors’ strike loom
Some Nigerians on social media have criticised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on his medical trip to London as doctors’ strike loom. Buhari’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, June 24 disclosed that the President will on Friday, June 25 proceed to London for …
Read More »Medical doctor arrested for selling ‘wee cookies’ online
She allegedly sold the drugged cookies and biscuits through an internet catering business, The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has detained a medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, for peddling drugged cookies and biscuits in Auchi, Edo. She allegedly sold the drugged cookies and biscuits through an internet catering business, Omachi’s kitchen, …
Read More »Egypt sends food, medical aid to Palestine
It’s a heart wrenching scene in the occupied West Bank in Ramallah. Palestinians help to evacuate those wounded during clashes with Israeli security forces. The incident occurred at a protest to voice concerns against the latest round of tensions. Calls for a ceasefire continue to mount following the escalating attacks. …
Read More »Ghanaian medical student dies in Cuba; colleagues send SOS to government
Ghanaian medical students in Cuba are calling on their government back home to come to aid as they claim they live in terrible conditions in the Caribbean island. The students, who are mostly sponsored by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat, say the two …
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