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Francis Sosu to offer free legal support for baby whose hand was left to...

Legal practitioner, Francis Xavier Sosu, says he will file a medical malpractice lawsuit against St. Dominic Hospital at Akwatia in the Eastern Region to...
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‘I told medics my baby wasn’t moving but they failed to act – two...

A heartbroken mum has revealed how her baby boy was stillborn two days after telling medics she couldn't feel him moving anymore.Helen Brotherton was...
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How a doctor almost killed me – Ken Agyapong shares ordeal

Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central has shared a chilling story of how medical negligence nearly caused his life.Kennedy Agyapong claimed he...
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Emotional as Koo Fori pens tribute to late wife [Read]

Ghanaian actor, Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, well known as Koo Fori, has penned a heartfelt tribute to his late wife, on the 10th anniversary of...

Koo Fori gives emotional account of how he lost his wife

Ghanaian actor, Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, well known as Koo Fori, after a decade of his wife's death, has revealed what actually killed her.According...
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Ridge Hospital speaks on 24-year-old woman who died of Covid-19

Health officials at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital have been cleared of any form of medical negligence following the death of 24-year-old Barbara Oforiwaa...
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Baby dies as doctors fail to catch him when mum pushed

A newborn baby has died of head injury after doctors failed to catch him when his mum pushed during delivery.The infant reportedly died after...

Mother, daughter die during labour at same hospital

A 42-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter have died during labour at the Assesewa Government Hospital.The deceased persons, Mable Maku Tekpertey and Sarah Tekpertey,...

Obengfo doctor granted bail

Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, the director of a private medical centre in Accra – Obengfo Hospital, who has been arraigned before an Accra Magistrate Court...

Doctors suspended after man’s amputated leg was used as pillow

Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient's severed leg was used as a pillow to prop up his...

‘Burnt’ baby: How parents’ joy was cut short after birth

It was about 2:45pm when baby Yahsmen Kamal Kokroko was born at the Amoah Hospital at Ablekuma in Accra.“The baby was not crying. She...

Massive night protests in Kolkata after doctor’s rape and murder

Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a...
Elaine Foo/Supplied Elaine has suffered excruciating pain after her leg-lengthening surgery

I had surgery to lengthen my legs and then it went horribly wrong

Elaine Foo’s legs are streaked with thick, purple scars - each one a reminder of a leg-lengthening procedure which went badly wrong. Since 2016, the...

Ridge Hospital, GHS, MoH slapped with GHS 3m fine over death of patient

An Accra High Court has awarded damages of GH¢3million to one Mohammed Mustapha against the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge Hospital), the Ministry of Health,...

NAGRAT urges SHS heads to grant exeat for sick students

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called on heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) to stop denying students permission to seek external...
Dr. Frank Serebour, Ghana Medical Association president

GMA condemns attack on Suhum Gov’t Hospital staff

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has condemned the assault on staff of the Suhum Government Hospital by the family of a deceased patient.In a...

Family attacks health workers, destroy property over death of 17-year-old boy [Video]

Family members of a 17-year-old boy allegedly launched a vicious attack on health workers at the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital.This was after...

Lawyer reveals how he transported a ‘mentally challenged’ person from Tema to Pantang

Former Police officer and legal practitioner, Twum Barimah has recalled how he single-handedly transported an individual with serious mental challenges from an area in...

GES begins probe into tragic death of Aburi Girls student

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commenced an internal inquiry into the tragic demise of a first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School,...

Father of late Aburi Girls student makes shocking revelation

Kingsley Okyere, the father of a first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School (SHS) who died after complaining of stomach pains has said...

Pressure mounts on GES to speak on death of Aburi Girls student

An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) is calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to speak on the death of the first year student...

Amidu resigned, and no one scolded him, you can also do same – Adomako...

Former Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Adomako Baafi, has urged Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng to consider resigning if he...
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NPP’s Amma Busia passes on

A stalwart of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Amma Busia has passed on.NPP’s Council of Elders member reportedly succumbed to a brief...

Consequences of Akosombo Dam spillage avoidable

Natural disasters typically refer to events that result from natural processes or forces, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, which occur independently of...

Gomoa: Car runs over SHS students during float; 7 injured

An accident involving a Hyundai Urvan with Registration Number GW 992-09 has left two students of the Gomoa Mozano Senior High School (SHS) in...

Patients stranded at Amasaman Hospital over Physician Assistants’ strike

Scores of patients have been left stranded at the Amasaman Hospital following the sit-down strike action of Physician Assistants in the country.The health...

Angel Carbonu goes berserk over death of St. Monica’s SHS student [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Angel Carbonu goes berserk over death of St. Monica’s SHS studentThe President of the National Graduate Association of Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu,...
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Six-day-old baby allegedly stolen at Teacher Mante

A six-day-old baby girl has allegedly been stolen at Nana Boame, a suburb of Teacher Mantey in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region....

Man, 47, arrested for defiling two children at Bole

A-47-year-old EMT officer, Alhassan Kunfo, has been arrested by police at Bole for allegedly defiling two children.According to close source, the victims, aged five...

I nearly died twice – Stella Aba Seal shares horrible ordeal in surgery room

But for the Lord who showed his undeserving mercies on gospel musician Stella Aba Seal, she would not be among the living.The musician's quest...

Nigeria: Pregnant woman dies after doctors allegedly refused to attend to her over payment...

A pregnant woman, identified as Shema'u Sani Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano State, Nigeria over alleged negligence from...

Missing twin: Couple takes 37 Military Hospital to task

When a couple in Accra walked into the 37 Military Hospital Maternity Unit, they were expecting twins, but they were stunned to be handed...

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital a death trap – Hassan Ayariga

The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hassan Ayariga, has claimed that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has become a...

Three medics arrested over childbirth deaths

Three health workers in Senegal have been arrested after a pregnant woman and her baby died allegedly because of a botched Caesarean section.A health...

Rapper A$AP Rocky charged over Hollywood shooting

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault with a firearm in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year.The star, whose real name...
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their first child, a boy, in May this year (Reuters)

Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky charged over shooting in Hollywood

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault with a firearm in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year.The star, whose real name...
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Ambulance Service admits charging ¢600 to convey pregnant woman who died in transit

Chief Executive of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has admitted officers demanded GH₵600 from the husband of a pregnant woman who died whilst in...

Doctor jailed 3 years for killing patient in botched procedure

A doctor, who killed a mother-of-three when he botched a procedure during a routine appointment, has been jailed.Dr Isyaka Mamman, now thought to be...

Two women arrested after eight-month-old baby girl dies at nursery

Two women have been arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby following a 'medical episode' at a nursery.Greater Manchester Police were called to Tiny...