The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is set to launch the Ghana Photonics and Optics Laboratory (GPOL) on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, as part of efforts to strengthen Ghana’s capacity in light-based science and instrumentation. The laboratory, which will be hosted by the Department of Physics, will be commissioned at the Amonoo-Neizer […]

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge has handed over a specialised Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine to the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). ECMO is an advanced life-support technology used to provide temporary support to patients whose heart and/or lungs are severely compromised. The availability of the machine at UGMC is expected to strengthen […]

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has recorded a significant decline in institutional maternal deaths, marking the first such reduction at the facility in a decade. The hospital recorded 55 maternal deaths between January and June 2026, down from 78 recorded during the same period in 2025. The development represents a reduction of 23 maternal […]

Nigerian Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has opened up about her desire to have more children, revealing that she has taken steps to preserve the possibility by freezing her eggs. The mother of one made the disclosure in an interview, explaining that her decision was influenced by her age and her desire to preserve her fertility […]

The Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, has arrived at the Port of Tema, marking the fifth field service by Mercy Ships in Ghana. The docking was celebrated at a welcome ceremony attended by government officials, diplomats, healthcare leaders and international crew. Over the next ten months, the ship’s volunteer medical teams are […]

On 9 April 2019, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, signed and submitted a joint memorandum to Parliament for approval. The request was specific and, on paper, straightforward: approve €70 million in financing to construct a new Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua, to save the ageing facility that has served Ghanaians […]

The Ga West Municipal Health Directorate has recorded a significant reduction in maternal mortality, with the municipality’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) falling from 137 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2025 to 49 deaths per 100,000 live births at the end of the first half of 2026. The figure is below the municipality’s half-year target […]

The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has commemorated 2026 World Head and Neck Cancer Day with a week-long public awareness campaign focused on prevention, early detection, and treatment of head and neck cancers. The campaign, held under the theme “Know It, Stop It: Early Detection Saves Lives,” educated […]

Doctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb. His mother, Maisie Savage, from London, was operated on by doctors in the US while she was 26 weeks pregnant. Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where […]

Two individuals who fraudulently posed as healthcare professionals at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have been convicted by the Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi and each fined GH¢12,000 after pleading guilty to multiple criminal charges involving impersonation, forgery, and illegal medical practice. The convicts, 33-year-old Evelyn Atta Amankwah, a private nurse from Broffoyedru, and […]