Tag Archives: PATIENTS

Head of Public Affairs of the National Ambulance Service, Simon Yusif Kewura, says Ghanaians who need their services would need to cater for fuel cost. Speaking on Adom TV’s Badwam Show, he noted that the issue of ambulance charges will continue to persist due to resource constraints. “These ambulances for constituencies …

Around the world uncounted numbers of people are detained in public and private hospitals for non-payment of hospital bills, despite the fact that hospital detention is seen as both a human rights violation and inconsistent with efforts towards universal health coverage. Now, let’s narrow this to our own country- Ghana …

The wife of Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, who is also Patroness of Otumfuo Osei Tutu Foundation, has paid the hospital bills of 26 patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The gesture, about GHC30,000, formed part of activities to mark International Day of Families. Otumfuo Osei Tutu …

An Accounts Officer with the Pediatric Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been caught on video negotiating and taking bribes from patients in order to slash their bills after treatment. A video secretly recorded by a parent of a toddler who was admitted at the hospital shows the …

Three patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have been transferred to the University of Ghana Medical Centre after a fire outbreak at the Korle-Bu medical ICU. In the early hours of Monday, November 30, 2020, fire gutted the ICU as a result of …