A research conducted in 2022 has revealed that health professionals in the country hide huge breast lumps and refuse various treatment options, especially chemotherapy, and mastectomy. The research, titled: “Knowledge, Attitude and Breast Cancer Screening Practices among Female Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana”, said 60 per cent of nurses admitted …
Read More »You cannot ask for external help and refuse to cut your expenditure – German Ambassador to government
German’s Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull has called on the government of Ghana to consider a cut in its budget expenditure while it continues to seek debt relief from the country’s creditors. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, February 24, 2023, the Ambassador noted that Ghana cannot be asking …
Read More »Baby found dead on refuse dump at Lashibi-Klagon
Residents of Lashibi-Klagon have discovered a day old baby in the community’s refuse dump. The deceased baby was found naked, wrapped in a blood stained white cloth and placed right on the pile of rubbish. According to the unit committee member of the area, Mawuli Kelvin Yevu, the incident is …
Read More »Sea defence project turned into refuse dumpsite at Ayisa
Residents of Ayisa, a suburb of Elmina in the Central Region have turned the sea defence project into a rubbish dumpsite. The sea defence was constructed to prevent flooding, chronic and occasional erosion along the coast. It’s also to reclaim land from the sea to widen human settlements, as well …
Read More »Lifeless body of baby boy found inside refuse bag collected at Suame Maakro
Residents of Suame Maakro Police House have been thrown into a state of shock after discovering the lifeless body of a newly born baby wrapped in a rice sack. A scavenger who is also a refuse collector chanced on the baby when he went to dump refuse collected on the …
Read More »4 arrested for dumping refuse along Madina-Aburi Highway
The La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) Sanitation Taskforce on Tuesday dawn arrested four people for dumping refuse along the Madina- Aburi Highway. The convicts, Joyce Stephen, 38; Elizabeth Tetteh, 55; Isaac Azawornu, 22; and Emmanuel Kpesese 34. The culprits were arrested between the Ritz Junction and Madina Redco areas during …
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