Gov’t Pays GHS198m Allowance to Nurses

The government says it has paid “the final part” of allowances due trainee nurses for the 2018/2019 academic year. A statement from the Ministry of Health said the monies were paid on Thursday, August 8, 2019. “This is in fulfilment of the government’s commitment to the restoration of the Nursing Trainees allowance in 2017,” the […]

Cuba to train 40 Zongo, poor medical students yearly

The government of Cuba has accepted to train 40 brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner-city and other deprived communities in Ghana. Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, made the proposal to the government of Cuba to extend the special arrangement between the two countries for the training of health personnel, to deprived […]

Government Begins Recruitment of Private and Public Trained Nurses From Monday

Government will from Monday, July 1 begin recruitment of nurses who graduated from public and private health training institutions in the country between 2012 and 2016. Qualified trainees seeking employment are to apply online to select the preferred agency under the Ministry of Health they wish to be posted to. READ ALSO; Ghana Card To […]

These are the most dangerous sex positions

Sex is a great way to get the pulses racing — but don’t get too carried away. Mid-romp heart attacks are four times more deadly than those suffered during less intimate physical activity. The reason lies in the couple’s fear of ­embarrassment at one or both of them being seen naked, which research shows leads […]

Ghana Health Service bans personnel from the use of social media during working hours

Ghana Health Service (GHS) as part of measures to instill discipline amongst health care providers in the country has banned personnel from the use of social media during working hours, a regulation which has been in force for more than a year now. The regulation, however, gives exceptions to conditions where medical officers and practitioners […]