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KroMa organises health screening for Nungua residents
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Ms. Cynthia Adongo, HIV Focal Person of Krowor Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region has said that living a healthy lifestyle can help prevent chronic diseases as well as long term illness.
The focal person said this at HIV screening programme organised by the Krowor Municipal Assembly (KroMA) in collaboration with the Municipal Health Directorate for the people of Nungua and adjoining communities at the Nungua Traditional Authority popularly called Old Bus Stop recently.
Activities carried out included HIV Testing and Counselling, Malaria Testing, Blood Pressure Checking, and Tuberculosis Screening.
Ms. Adongo assured the participants that the outcome of the exercise they had conducted would be strictly confidential.
‘’Whatever we find here is kept secret; no information goes out to the public because confidentiality is key in our dealings with people’’, she emphasised.
At the HIV testing and counselling, four persons – one male and three females tested positive for HIV out of 73 people screened. The four were referred to the hospital for confirmation and care.
Malaria Testing: 73 people were tested and they were all negative. BP Checking: 68 people were checked with 17 recording high BP while 51 had normal BP.
TB Screening: About 20 people were screened and their samples taken to the laboratory for confirmation.
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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TTH doctors declare indefinite suspension of emergency and outpatient service
Doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have declared an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services following the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Atiku Adam.
They have pointed to some challenging working environments that lack basic medical supplies and an insult to their dignity by top government officials.
In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at noon on Tuesday, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) announced that its members would no longer offer services at the General OPD, Antenatal Clinic, Specialist Clinic, and Paediatrics OPD.
Following their earlier press release, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital held an emergency General Assembly meeting at noon yesterday.
The Doctors after the meeting, demanded that with immediate effect, all members of DATTH should proceed on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services, General OPD, Antenatal clinic, Specialist clinic, Paediatrics OPD.
This notwithstanding, they added that Inpatient Care shall continue.
Against this backdrop, they demand an unqualified apology from the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini.
“We shall resume provision of emergency and outpatient services after we receive appropriate apologies,” they stated.
They further added that the management of the hospital should ensure that the following are available in the short term for them to work effectively.
Read the full statement below
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Police arrest suspect for stealing vehicle belonging EPA in Tarkwa
The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person for stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser (PC) with registration number GS 1845-23 which is the property of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Tarkwa in the Western Region.
The suspect, Salifu Gariba, was arrested by officers of the Northern Regional Police Command on April 16, 2025 at Kukobila, along the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway, and the stolen vehicle recovered from him.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle was stolen in the early hours of April 15, 2025 from the residence of an employee of the EPA at Budo City, a suburb of Tarkwa.
Suspect Salifu Gariba is currently in police custody and will be taken through the due process of the law.
