A technology portal has been introduced in Ghana by the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), to ease the difficulties medical practitioners are grappling. The Technology was developed by an Indian based IT firm, the PeopleLink India. The demonstration of the PeopleLink video conferencing technology at TTH was led by Mr Avinash Keita of the PeopleLink.…
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Calm returns to Tamale Teaching Hospital after padlocked office of CEO unlocked
Calm has returned to the only referral health facility for the three regions of the North- Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) after a youth group calling itself the Kandahar boys locked up the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Prosper Akambong's office. The group is said to have close ties with the governing New Patriotic Party. The…
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Enforce laws on open defecation-minister directs assemblies
Metropolitans, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the northern region have been challenged to go the extra mile to enforce laws on open defecation and availability of household toilets in their areas of jurisdiction. Addressing participants at the commemoration of 2016 World Toilet Day at Choggu Mma-Naayili Chief palace in the…
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Tamale Teaching Hospital adjudged best neonatal facility in Ghana
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH ) has been rated the best united facility in Ghana by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). According to UNICEF, the unit is the only teaching neonatal intensive care facility which records over one thousand pre-mature births per year. These pre-mature babies are drawn…
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