President John Dramani Mahama has declared that the country is safer now than it was before, citing a reduction in unresolved murders and the testimony of a bus driver who now travels even at 2 a.m. without fear of highway robbery
On 3 June 2026, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi announced that it was temporarily halting new emergency admissions. Its emergency centre, built for 37 patients, was reported to be holding close to 100.
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung at a hospital in Rome on October 13.
Sixty-one Ghanaian nurses have left the country for Grenada to begin two-year employment contracts under the government’s Labour Exchange Programme. The initiative is aimed at creating job opportunities for trained health professionals while strengthening Ghana’s presence in the international healthcare sector. The nurses were seen…
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has taken its nationwide public education campaign to the Volta Region, calling for stronger collaboration to ensure that financial hardship does not prevent patients with chronic diseases from accessing life-saving treatment.
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) is prioritising medical equipment, specialist training and financial support for patients as it works to close gaps in specialised healthcare in the Volta Region.
It also instructed Takoradi Hospital to reinstate dental surgeon Dr Esenam Mockshell Sunu, pay her outstanding entitlements and post her to a location suitable for her circumstances.
The stalled Mother and Baby Unit project at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is facing further setbacks, with its consultant project manager warning that construction materials procured for the facility are deteriorating and some have already become defective or expired because of prolonged delays.
Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, the Administrator, Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), has urged Ghanaians to always remember that President John Mahama feels their burden as his own and moves to act, not just sympathise.
A fire outbreak at a substation operated by the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) at Mallam has disrupted electricity supply to parts of Accra, including Lapaz, Mallam and Awoshie.
US actress Selma Blair has been charged with two additional assault counts over allegedly kicking an officer and a nurse after being removed from a flight.
Guinea-Bissau's transitional government said Tuesday it has not approved a proposed clinical trial of a hepatitis B vaccine in newborns, denying reports that the study had been authorised.
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Mahama Commissions 85-Bed Police Hospital Ward, Announces More Police Support
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has called on the government to urgently complete the 500-bed maternity and children’s block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), describing the prolonged delay as a waste of taxpayers’ money.
By Iddi Yire, GNA Accra, Oct. 13, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday commissioned an 85-bed ward complex at the Police Hospital in Accra, named after…