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2021-04-07

[N] As Majority Leader be circumspect with your utterances

2021-03-19

[N] It Is A Blatant Lie That I’ve Declared My Prez Ambition-Agric Minister
[N] House of Chiefs calls for collaboration with MMDCEs for development
[N] Baby Harvesting: More suspects picked
[N] Police pledge commitment to bringing Sheikh Maikano’s murderers to book
[N] Desist from starting race ahead of time - Obiri Boahen to NPP presidential
[N] Gov’t announces construction of five interchanges in Ashanti
[N] Controversial textbooks: NPP urges NaCCA to enforce rules without fear or favour
[N] Staff working on Tamale interchange call off strike
[N] Newly proposed taxes a huge hindrance to businesses’ recovery
[N] Government can’t take a unilateral decision on salaries for public workers
[N] Ghana records 2 new Covid-19 variants; experts call for immediate action

2021-03-17

[N] Ghana records 698 COVID-19 deaths
[N] NDC’s Ofosu Ampofo behaves like a toddler – Allotey Jacobs
[N] Ama Benyiwaa Doe slams Allotey Jacobs; says he has no influence
[N] Approving Akufo-Addo’s ministers ‘regrettable and unfortunate’ – NDC caucus
[N] Eastern Regional Hospital detains 246 patients for non-settlement of bills
[N] COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana: 1,000 reports received on adverse effects
[N] Ignore reports of rift between local, foreign staff at AfCFTA secretariat – Govt
[N] Remain calm, support our leadership in Parliament – NDC Council of Elders
[N] Ghana hasn’t recorded any case of blood clots from COVID-19 vaccination – FDA
[N] 9-year-old boy burnt to death as stepfather sets house ablaze

2021-03-16

[N] COVID-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine – WHO
[N] Publisher, Badu Nkansah, apologises for ‘offensive Ewe’ textbooks
[N] Parliament’s Volta Caucus condemns ethnocentric publication in history book
[N] Ghanaians to pay tax for Covid-19 ‘free water’ enjoyed to fill economic gap

2021-03-15

[N] NaCCA orders withdrawal of unapproved textbooks
[N] Brain tumor patient appeals for GH¢ 30,000.00 for surgery
[N] AIMS Forum to mark International Mathematics Day
[N] Tema Sewer System: Ambitious project to address predicament
[N] A 21-year-old man stabbed to death at Effia
[N] Estate developers laud government’s decision to aid rent advance payments
[N] Let’s prioritize STEM; It’s the new niche for education policy – Ntim Fordjour
[N] 12 new deaths push toll 679; active cases now 3,994
[N] Over 400,000 Ghanaians vaccinated so far – Oppong Nkrumah
[N] Prof Allotey’s 9 Aug birthday must be made National Maths Day – Prince Armah
[N] Telecom workers to embark on strike from today
[N] NDC won the 2020 election hands down – Hannah Bissiw claims
[N] Asiedu Nketia should be NDC running mate for NDC victory 2024 – Atubiga
[N] Rawlings kept over 20 wild dogs at his Ridge Residence alone – Hannah Bissiw
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General News

[ 2021-03-11 ]

Korle Bu to handle only emergency surgeries over staff shortage
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) says it will
only attend to emergency and life-threatening
surgeries due to shortage of healthcare staff.

The Public Relations Officer of the Korle-Bu
Teaching Hospital, Mustapha Salifu explained that
some staff members have been deployed to other
health facilities to help treat and manage
COVID-19 cases in the country.

He assured the public that the hospital will
resume full operations when the COVID-19 situation
is under control.

“The number of our staff has reduced. This is
because some of them have been mobilised to
support the national fight against COVID-19. The
ones we have left attend to urgent cases, such as
accidents. So patients whose lives are not under
threat can wait. When we are out of the woods, and
there is little pressure, we can attend to
them.”

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) had earlier
bemoaned the alarming rate of infection among its
members.

The Association noted that this could have an
adverse impact on the country’s health system
given their frontline role in the fight against
the pandemic.

The Association in a statement issued in July last
year noted that more than 150 medical doctors and
dentists had tested positive for COVID-19 since
the outbreak of the disease in Ghana in March
2020.

Four of its members had also succumbed to the
virus that same month.

Frontline health workers risk their lives on a
daily basis, trying to fight the pandemic.

COVID-19 Fight
President Akufo-Addo had also indicated that in
order to restore normalcy in the country, there
was the need to strictly adhere to the COVID-19
protocols as well as get vaccinated against the
virus.

“The vaccine, together with strict compliance
with the safety protocols, is what will allow us
to open up our country again, and embark on the
quest to restore normalcy to our lives and
livelihoods,” he said.

In this light, the government has so far
facilitated the vaccination of 200,000 persons.

Ghana targeted 570,000 people in the first phase
of the vaccination, but indications are that it
will exceed this target.

The country’s ultimate target is to vaccinate 20
million persons so as to achieve herd immunity.

Source - Citinewsroom



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