Medical drones take off 2nd quarter
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for the distribution of essential emergency medical supplies to various health facilities across the country is set to begin full operations before the end of the second quarter of the year. Presently, construction work on the base for the flights, a facility which is expected to be the […]
CID officer aided my escape from cells – Takoradi kidnapping suspect
Sam Udoetuk Wills, the suspect in the kidnapping of three girls in the Western Region, has told a Takoradi District Court that an officer of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) assisted him to escape from police custody. According to him, the CID officer together with his two friends whose names he gave as Kwesi and […]
Hypertension, leading cause of death in Eastern Region
Hypertension emerged top of the 10 causes of death at the Eastern Regional Hospital in 2018, according to statistics provided by the facility. Out of the 943 deaths recorded at the hospital last year, hypertension accounted for 210, as against 139 in 2017. Deaths due to HIV and AIDS and retroviral infections were 207, making […]
First Lady in Ethiopia for 22nd OAFLA General Assembly
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has welcomed the expansion of the scope of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA). She said the expansion tied in well with all the areas that her organisation, the Rebecca Foundation, was working on. Mrs Akufo-Addo said this when she was briefed on the outcome of […]
