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Doctors give gov’t 1 week to renew service conditions
Add a CommentThe Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has given a week’s notice to the government to renew the conditions of service of its members. The association threatened to withdraw outpatient services in all public health institutions as a first line of action … Read more →
Air pollution could make you bald, don’t exercise outdoors – Doctors
Add a CommentPollution could be making your bald by decreasing levels of crucial proteins for hair growth, scientists fear. For the first time, researchers have shown tiny toxic particles can damage chemical processes within cells that promote hair growth. This ‘could lead … Read more →
Women can get pregnant by having anal sex – Doctors
Add a CommentUrologist Dr Brian Steixner revealed that he treated a patient who conceived after having sex with her partner through her rectum. The patient according to Dr. Steixner had a rare condition called ‘cloacal malformation’ which affects one in 50,000 people. … Read more →
Doctors end strike
Add a CommentThe Ghana Medical Association(GMA) has called off it’s strike. A statement issued by the association said the National Executive Council considered the appeals from members of general public, the clergy, and the National Council of Chiefs. Public sector doctors have … Read more →
Return to consulting rooms by Thursday or … – Gov’t to Doctors
Add a CommentThe Ministry of Health has directed all heads of medical facilities to resume the provision of health services, including emergency and outpatient services, to the general public by Wednesday, August 19. The Ministry has further directed striking members of the … Read more →
Nana Addo appeals to Doctors
Add a CommentTHE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate for 2016, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to striking doctors to return to the negotiating table and resolve their deadlock with the government. Nana Addo has also advised government to, as a … Read more →
Gov’t won’t yield to coercion by Doctors – Prez. Mahama
Add a CommentIn his first public comment on the strike action embarked upon by the doctors, he said,”The right to negotiate by professional groups is sacrosanct and I believe that the government and the medical doctors must continue the negotiations on their … Read more →
Full statement: Gov’t orders Doctors to call off strike with immediate effect
Add a CommentMinister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has said the striking Medical doctors should with immediate effect call off the partial strike action and attend to patients. According to a statement released by the Labour Minister, the partial … Read more →
Skinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves – Doctors
Add a CommentSkinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves, doctors have said. A 35-year-old woman had to be cut out of a pair after her calves ballooned in size, they said in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. She had … Read more →
Doctors begin indefinite strike
Add a CommentJunior doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the Greater Accra Region, Komfo Anokye Hospital in the Ashanti Region as well as the Cape Coast Hospital in the Central Region have laid down their tools. They are demanding the … Read more →
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