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GHANA, BARBADOS SIGN AGREEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT OF 120 GHANAIAN NURSES

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Foreign Minister of Ghana and Barbados, on behalf of the Governments and peoples of their respective countries, have signed an agreement for the recruitment of a total of one hundred and twenty (120) nurses from Ghana to complement the staffing needs of the island nation. …

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PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO COMMISSIONS 100-BED GA EAST DISTRICT HOSPITAL

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 6th November, 2019, commissioned the 100-bed Ga-East District Hospital, which is part of the “Ghana Hospital Project” initiated by the Government of Ghana, in 2008, and executed by EUROGET De-Invest S.A of Egypt. The …

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Don’t panic, Flu cases in 3 schools under control – Ghana Health Service

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has assured parents and the general public that the recently reported cases of a suspected flu outbreak in some Senior High Schools have been brought under control, ABC News can report. On Thursday, October 31, 2019, there were media reports of a suspected flu …

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GHS Receives Three Awards At Africa Public Sector Conference and Awards (APSA) 2019

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The just ended APSA conference and awards is evidential enough to inform the public of the outstanding contribution of the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare and his team including all staff (nurses, midwives, doctors, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, administrative officers and …

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KATH: Ghanaian doctors perform heart surgery without opening patient’s heart

BY: brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah They successfully planted a pacemaker to help accelerate the heart-beat of the patient, a teenage girl who was suffering from a hole-in-heart. Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have for the first time performed a successful heart surgery without opening the heart. …

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Six jobless nurses arrested for picketing

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah nurses The leadership of the Coalition of Unemployed Nurses (CUN) has said six members of the group have been arrested by the Police for picketing the Ministry of Health to demand that they are employed. A statement dated 21 October 2019 and signed by Mr Paul Selorm, …

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Ghanaian doctors at KATH perform heart surgery without opening patient’s heart

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The hospital management is confident that they are in a better position to handle such issues   Ghanaian doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have for the first time performed a successful heart surgery without opening the heart. The new procedure which according to the …

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ASA SAVINGS AND LOANS ORGANIZES FREE BREAST SCREENING FOR ITS CUSTOMERS

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     Thousands of enthusiastic customers of  ASA Savings and Loans Limited  have benefitted from a free Breast Cancer Education and screening exercise organized by Association for Social Advancement (ASA) in collaboration of  Christ Soteria Clinic Limited at Kwadaso, in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. …

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Bonding of trainee nurses, midwives cancelled: ‘you’re free to go now’ – Minister

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Government has scrapped the system of bonding trainee nurses and midwives in the country on the back of its inability to employ the thousands of graduates currently pushing for jobs in the public health sector. “Bonding is stopped now,” Deputy Health minister Tina Mensah announced Thursday, but …

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Akufo-Addo launches second drone delivery base at Mampong

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo has opened Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base in the city of Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti region Thursday. This marks the second of what will be four medical drone delivery bases that have been commissioned to help expand access to critical …

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