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Sue for medical negligence to help sanitise system – Lawyer advises

Private legal practitioner and author, Albert Gyamfi, has urged Ghanaians to take steps to sue facilities and medical professionals for suspected cases of negligence...

KNUST Hospital cited for alleged medical negligence as 10-day-old baby dies during circumcision

A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi in a suspected case of medical...
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I lost vision in one eye due to medical negligence – Victim recounts

Normally, patients resort to hospitals with the trust and assurance that their health needs will be attended to, but it gets disappointing when the...

Cases of medical negligence in Ghana on the rise

A patient-centered non-governmental group is leading a campaign to bring justice to victims of medical negligence in Ghana.According to the Advocacy for Medical Malpractice...

Boy, 10, dies over alleged medical negligence at Tema General Hospital

A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered some complications following a 75 milligram of Naklofen drug administered to him at the Tema General...

Andy Dosty recounts losing his sister over medical negligence

Radio presenter and musician, Andy Dosty has opened up about the heartbreaking loss of his sister due to medical negligence.Recounting the tragic events,...

Gomoa Dominase residents demand dismissal of Potsin Polyclinic staff over alleged medical negligence

Some residents of Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region took to the streets to demonstrate over what they say is...

Medical negligence: Couple sues St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre for ₵5m

A couple has sued St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre for medical negligence leading to the death of their baby, demanding GH₵5 million for...

Medical negligence: Group fights for parents who lost 10-day-old baby at KNUST hospital

Parents of the10-day-old baby who died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi during circumcision can heave a...

Medical negligence: Man loses wife, baby at Amasaman hospital

The dream of a man to welcome a healthy baby and a strong wife was cut short when he lost both of them at...
The 37 Military Hospital

Court orders 37 Military Hospital to pay over ¢1m for medical negligence

An Accra High court has fined the 37 Military Hospital an amount of ¢1,075,000 for medical negligence which resulted in the death of a...

Medical practitioners must inform patients of drug side effect – Lawyer

Lawyer and author Albert Gyamfi has stated that healthcare professionals have a responsibility to inform their patients about the potential side effects of medications.According...

Achimota School’s negligence caused death of student – High Court

Seven years and six months after his death, the family of 15-year-old Kervin Kofi Moses has now realised justice, following the High Court’s declaration...

Family sues Central Aflao hospital for negligence

The family of Linda Adua, the 39-year-old caterer who died at Central Aflao Hospital, has sued the health facility for medical negligence leading to...

Family accuses Bimbilla Hospital for negligence over loss of baby

A family has accused the Bimbilla Hospital of negligence following the loss of their loved one’s baby during childbirth.They allege that despite the woman...

Kalpohin SHS housemaster hot over alleged negligence in student’s death

The Senior Housemaster of Kalpohin Senior High School in Tamale has been reported to the Northern Regional Police Command for negligence, resulting in the...

Implement low-cost drug policy – Medical and Dental Council tells govt

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has called on government to implement a policy that will help reduce the high cost of medicines in...

Bimbilla Youth besiege Hospital, demand removal of Medical Superintendent

Some youth at Bimbilla, located in the Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region, stormed the premises of the Bimbilla Hospital on Saturday morning,...
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Maradona: Medical staff to face trial for football legend’s death

Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona.A judge has ordered a...
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School sued over alleged negligence after allegedly serving pupil banku

A private school at Oyarifa in Accra, Gracefield School Limited, has been put before court over alleged negligence that risked the health of a...

Woman sues Nyaho Healthcare for alleged negligence

The General Jurisdiction Division of the Accra High Court has ordered Nyaho Healthcare Limited to release the complete medical records of a woman who...

12-year-old boarding pupil passes on; medical examination shows condom left inside her

A family is crying out for justice after medical examination proved their 12-year-old daughter died as a result of sexual negligence.The deceased, who was...
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Diego Maradona healthcare deficient and reckless, medical report says

Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received "deficient and reckless" healthcare before his death, a panel of medical experts has concluded.Prosecutors in Argentina asked the...

Your nephew was brought in dead – Korle-bu parries negligence accusation

Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has denied negligence in the death of a 27-year-old man who reportedly died at the facility.In a video...

AUDIO: Negligence of health personnel causes death of man abandoned for 4 days

Health officials at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital in the Central Region have been accused of negligence and dereliction of duty leading to...

Hot Audio: Sue nurses who exhibit negligence on duty – Kennedy Agyepong

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong has urged persons who have fallen victim to the negligence of nurses to drag such health...

KNUST VC faces contempt charge amid reappointment controversy

The petitioner challenging the reappointment of Professor Rita Akosua Dickson as the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)...
Lawyer and author Albert Gyamfi

Lawyer advocates for patient awareness on medication side effects

Lawyer and author Albert Gyamfi has stated that healthcare professionals have a responsibility to inform their patients about the potential side effects of medications.According...

FULL LIST: AMVCA 2024 winners

The 10th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards was held on Saturday, 11th May at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos State in Nigeria.The AMVCA,...

AMVCA 2024: Funke Akindele leads nominations; check out full list

Multichoice Nigeria has unveiled the list of nomination for the 2024 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA).The award which is scheduled to be held on May...

Throwback of some major court cases in 2023

In February 2023, Dr Seth Appiah Kubi, the National Director of Arocha Ghana, said the exploration activities in the Atewa Forest did not only...

St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre reacts to ₵5m suit

The St. John’s Hospital & Fertility Centre has debunked allegations of medical negligence that led to the death of a baby boy.Solicitors for the...

KNUST honours 3 students who saved colleague from taking his life

Three students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, who successfully prevented a colleague student from committing what was...

Patient dies at Aflao hospital over ‘cash and carry’ demands

The Central Aflao Hospital in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region and two nurses of the facility are under investigation for alleged...
37 Military Hospital

Court orders 37 Military Hospital to release report on death of 48-year-old man to...

An Accra High Court has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the 37 Military Hospital to release an investigation report conducted on...
The 37 Military Hospital

Public confidence in 37 Military Hospital dwindling – GAF High Command

The high command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has expressed concern about dwindling public confidence in the quality of healthcare delivery at the...
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FDA to name and shame health facilities that give fake medications to patients –...

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has disclosed that some public health facilities in the country are administering fake and falsified medications to patients in the...

Agyemang-Manu laments over lawsuits against doctors

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has decried the rate at which health professionals are sued by the public for alleged poor service delivery and medical...
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Family sues 37 Military Hospital over death of 48-year-old man

The 37 Military Hospital has been sued together with a doctor, the Chief of Defence Staff and government by family of a 48-year-old man...