The
Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has stated its firm opposition to calls
for the legalization of cannabis (marijuana) in the country, noting that such a
move is tantamount to lowering the handing fruits.
The
Most Rev. Emmauel Kofi Fianu, SVD, Bishop of Ho and Bishop responsible for Health,
who stated the Church’s position on...
A Cuban Specialist Surgeon, Dr. Lambert Rodriquez Gonzalez and his wife Mariuska, who work the University of Allied Sciences in the Volta Region of Ghana have paid a working visit to the St. John of God Hospital, Sefwi Asafo.
The Hospital has through Dr Maria Lisette Lopez, a Paediatrician at...
The
Hospital Director of the St. John of God Hospital, Sefwi-Asafo, Br. Johannes B. Torwoe, has announced the hospital’s
plan of setting up a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). He made
the announcement during the National launch of the 27th World Day of
the Sick which was hosted by the Hospital on the...
Anna
Santamaria Segura and Jennifer Manjón work at Hospital Clinic Barcelona in
Spain. They both have degrees in Nursing except that Jennifer Manjon has an
additional Masters in Neonatal and Paediatrics Intensive care. They arrived at
Asafo on the 30th April, 2019 and departed on the 14th
June, 2019 to Mole National Park in...
National Service is a one-year
mandatory programme for Ghanaian students who graduate from accredited tertiary
institutions to serve the nation and to gain working experience. After
completing the Higher National Diploma in Accounting at the Accra Technical
University in 2017, I was very anxious and highly expectant to do my national
service.
Fortunately,
I was...
INTRODUCTION:
In 1969, Ghana adopted an
explicit and comprehensive population policy. The third country to do so in
Sub-Saharan Africa after Mauritius (1958) and Kenya (1965).
The major factors which influenced the formulation and publication of the Population Policy were:
The realization that rapid
population growth hampers development efforts.The harmful effect of unplanned
childbirth on the...
A 1999 IOM publication ‘To Err is Human’
estimated the number of people dying from medical errors alone each year to be
around 98,000 in the United states alone which equates to death from one Jumbo
jet crash each day perhaps began the Movement for patient safety and quality of
health care with...
The Mathias Catholic
Hospital, Yeji, has in the past few years made great strides in maternal health
care delivery.
The Hospital in 2018
recorded a total Antenatal attendance of 12620 as compared to 11614 in 2016 and
11919 in 2017. A total deliveries of 2257 was recorded in 2018, from 2148 in
2016 and 2103...
