Health Info Ghana

10/03/2022

If you do not look after your teeth properly, regarding a tooth-kind diet and also proper oral hygiene, you might be at high risk of dental health problems. Ignoring your teeth now will almost certainly catch up with you at some later time. It is certainly a common remorse associated with people in middle and old-age who neglected to care for his or her pearly whites when younger.

If you do not look after your teeth properly, regarding a tooth-kind diet and also proper oral hygiene, you might be at high risk of dental health problems. Ignoring your teeth now will almost cert…

27/07/2021

READ ALSO Holistic Approaches to Health and Wellness Why Sleep Is So Powerful For Mental Health If your partner told you that you talk in your sleep, they might be onto something. Over two thirds of people will sleep talk during their lifetime, according to a study published in Sleep Medicine. Talki...

23/09/2020

You are unwell, you go to the hospital. You put your hospital card in the box at the OPD and wait for a nurse to pick it up and send to the Records room to get your folder. There is another nurse at the OPD checking vitals - BP, temperature, etc. and recording it in your folder.

After checking yours, which takes about an hour because there is only one nurse doing all that work, you are directed to sit in front of a consulting room where another nurse calls you into the consulting room.

In there, the nurse preps you so the doctor can examine you. She takes you back to the OPD to recheck some vital signs like temperature if need be.

If you need to be admitted, the nurse takes you to the ward and makes you comfortable. She administers your drugs on time, gets you food and cares for you, dresses your wounds, does for you anything you cannot do for yourself.

Can you imagine a hospital without nurses? Sadly, it is happening now. Nurses are on strike.

I think nurses form the backbone of the healthcare system everywhere and it is very unfortunate that government has looked on for them to go this far, especially in these covid-19 times. Innocent people will die preventable deaths.

I suggest that instead of threatening these nurses with lawsuits and salary slashes because they resorted to a strike, they should rather be pampered and treated with respect. When the virus came and we were all hiding in our houses, they kept going to work and taking care of the sick. Some of them died in the process.

Nurses deserve better wages and better conditions of service. They need to be heard.

Dr Kossi Akpla writes

21/09/2020

We are remembering the birth of the Osagyefo today. Enjoy this quote of his.

01/08/2020

Plant oils are usually extracted from different plants, especially the seeds. Just like most fats, the oils help to make food palatable, and can be used for purposes of cooking. There are many varieties of plant oils today and there seems to be no end in sight. In the local supermarkets today, there are different oils that you can choose to purchase because they are readily available.

Plant oils are usually extracted from different plants, especially the seeds. Just like most fats, the oils help to make food palatable, and can be used for purposes of cooking. There are many varieties of plant oils today and there seems to be no end in sight. In the local supermarkets today, there...

23/04/2020

Humankind, both men and women have always been fascinated by breasts. What women see in the mirror are usually far from the firm and perky ideal breasts portrayed by the media. The medical term given to sagging breasts is known as PTOSIS. Several women have considered several ways (including some bizzare measures) of preventing or reversing this problem just to avoid scorn. [ 263 more words ]

Humankind, both men and women have  always been fascinated by breasts.  What women see in the mirror are usually far from the firm and perky ideal breasts portrayed by the media. The medical term given to sagging breasts is known as PTOSIS. Several women have considered several ways (including som...

23/03/2020

Kasapreko Company Limited, an Indigenous Manufacturing giant and (ISO) Certified company, has responded positively to the request of H.E. President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo’s appeal for local Industries to produce hand sanitizers to curb the spread of Coronavirus disease in Ghana. At a ground ...

18/03/2020

17/03/2020

People typically pass gas about 20 times a day, and flatulence is an ordinary occurrence. However, for some people who keep farting, it’s a severe problem that can be socially and painfully embarrassing. Flatulence is a normal byproduct of the foods we eat. When our digestive system breaks our food down for energy, it produces gas, which is mainly composed of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. However, excessive gas can be caused by many other issues.

People typically pass gas about 20 times a day, and flatulence is an ordinary occurrence. However, for some people who keep farting, it’s a severe problem that can be socially and painfully embarrassing. Flatulence is a normal byproduct of the foods we eat. When our digestive system breaks our foo...

15/03/2020

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana has confirmed in a press release of one case of COVID-19 at the Obuasi Gold Mine. The release came out an hour after the Ministry of Information revealed there is a victim f…

06/03/2020

Tiger nuts, also known as chufa, yellow nutsedge or earth almonds, are not actually nuts, but rather edible tubers. Tiger nuts were one of the first plants cultivated in Egypt and traditionally used as both food and medicine. They’re rich in a variety of nutrients and have been linked to several h...