Tag Archives: TEACHING

Exclusive: Government directs teaching hospitals to pay their own utility bills

Ghanaians should brace themselves to pay for the electricity and water they access while they are seeking health care at the various teaching hospitals in the country. This is because the government has directed all the teaching hospitals in the country to start paying their own electricity and water bills. …

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Go home! – Ho Teaching Hospital asks relatives of patients to leave premises for own safety

The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has asked all relatives of patients at the health post to vacate its premises. This is to prevent the relatives of patients from continuously spending the night on the corridors of the Out Patient Department (OPD) and the walkways at the hospital. Relatives of patients …

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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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Teaching assistant dead after consuming food she bought from a food joint

A teaching assistant at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, a constituent of the University of Media, Arts, and Communication, has died through alleged food poisoning. Vida Ohenewaa Akua Asiedu, the deceased, reportedly became ill after purchasing fried rice and fish from Tasty Bites, a food joint at the Dworwulu Campus …

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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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Colleges of education non-teaching staff call off indefinite strike

The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) has called off its indefinite strike action declared on Monday, November 14, 2022. In a statement dated November 24, 2022, and signed by its National President, Frederick Forkuo Yeboah, the Association said it was ending the action with immediate effect …

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WATCH: Old video of Davido teaching Ifeanyi how to swim before he died surfaces

Davido’s son with his fiancee Chioma, Ifeanyi has been confirmed dead. The 3-year-old boy reportedly drowned to death inside his father’s swimming pool in their Banana Island mansion. Shockingly, none of the nine caretakers in the house was not able to spot late Ifeanyi’s absence in his room until he …

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New GES boss has no teaching experience – NAGRAT rejects new GES Boss

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is against the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). According to the association, Dr Eric Nkansah is a banker who has no background in teaching hence the reason they reject his appointment. Addressing a …

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Two of Krobo quintuplets die at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

Two of five babies delivered on Wednesday at the St. Martin De Pores Hospital at Agomanya in the Eastern Region in extremely rare naturally-conceived quintuplets, have died at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital in Accra. The quints were referred to the hospital Thursday morning for further medical attention but one of …

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