Atuguba deplores working conditions for judges; wants salaries increased
Supreme Court judge, Justice William Atuguba has deplored what he said is the poor working conditions of members of the bench. The judge, famed for...
Category : Health
Accra Psychiatric Hospital Rejects New Patients
The Accra Psychiatric Hospital has suspended admissions for new cases, Starr News has learnt. The hospital has also stopped operations at its Outpatient department. This...
Patients In Danger – GHOSPA Warns Gov’t
Former President of the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA), Stephen Corquaye, has described as suicidal the directive by government to use hospital staff as...
GHS, GES begin school deworming programme
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) would begin a de-worming exercise for children in all public basic schools...
Stress Induced Maternal And Neonatal Mortality; The Leaking Bucket Syndrome
It’s a painful trail to go through nine months of pregnancy. Much excruciating the pain that follows. But whether it turns out rewarding or fatal...
National HIV/ AIDS Strategic Plan Policy launched
he Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has launched its new five-year National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2016 to 2020, and a “Treat All”...
Woman, 58, gives birth to twins
A fifty-eight-year-old post-menopausal woman on Wednesday delivered a set of twins (two girls) at the Trustcare Specialist Hospital and Fertility Centre in Kumasi after undergoing...
Private Nurses Bare Teeth At Govt Over Postings
The Private Universities’ Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) on behalf of over 3,000 privately trained nurses who are currently at home after finishing school has...
Research Review of Hibiscus Sabdariffa(Sobolo): Could it be the Next ‘Magic bullet’ Preventive or Curative Medicine In Ghana?
With about 200 species and more than 5,000 hybrids associated with the genus, hibiscus can be had in a rainbow of colors. Ghana stands a...
We’ll end open defecation by 2021 – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has said that the next NDC administration under his watch will work towards ending the age-old menace of open defecation by...
Unemployed graduate nurses to picket at MoH Wednesday
Unemployed Graduate Nurses have threatened to picket at the premises of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Accra following government’s failure to include them in...
HIV victim reportedly infects 400 women in 2 years
A 28-year-old resident in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region who was diagnosed of the HIV virus two years ago, has reportedly...
Strategy to combat mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS launched
By D.I. Laary, GNA Accra, Sept. 12, GNA – The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has launched an operational plan...
4 AMAZING SIMPLE WAYS TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ
Sometimes you might read something and the next minute you have totally forgotten what you read. This doesn’t mean your brain is being ineffective; there...
AGA Safety Brief: COMMON CAUSES OF HOUSE FIRES
Most fires that occur in our houses are mainly caused by electrical faults, candles, curious kids, hot cooking pans and open flames. However you can...
Health benefits of bambara beans
Bambara beans have rich nutritional value that makes them essential for enhancement of human health. It can be prepared in different ways for consumption. Here...