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Obuasi central business district gets modern health facility

Mr Simon Osei Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister, has inaugurated a new health facility for traders in the central business district of Obuasi.

The GHc 1.6 million project was constructed by the Obuasi Municipal Assembly from proceeds from mineral ro…

Gold Fields extends medical outreach to more host communities

Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) has extended its free medical outreach programme to Brahabebom, a community within the Mines operational area in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region.

The exercise, initiated by the Foundation, is …

Upper East Regional Hospital dialysis centre starts service

Although, yet to be officially inaugurated, the Haemodialysis Unit of the Upper East Regional Hospital is providing dialysis services to clients who have kidney and other renal related diseases.

About 137 dialysis sessions have so far been conducted…

Smoke from wood fuel harmful to pregnant women, use LPG

The Sekyere South District Health Promotion Officer, Ashanti Region, Mr. Joseph Asore, has warned that wood fuel smoke poses significant health risks, particularly for vulnerable groups like pregnant women.

He said prolonged exposure to smoke from c…

Hypertension a leading cause of death in Ghana

Dr. Sussie Anku, Medical Director of Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital, on Wednesday stated that hypertension was a leading cause of death and disability in Ghana.

She said the prevalence rate of the disease was about 40 per cent.

Dr Anku stated this …