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BY: Emmanuel Bonney
Category: General News
Mr Simon Awogbedek (2nd right), the Administrator of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, presenting the cheques to Ms Doris Vondee (left), a beneficiary, who received them on behalf of the mothers at the maternity ward. Those with them include Dr Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe (right), a Medical Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR
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Two organisations last Monday paid the medical bills of eight mothers who have been freshly delivered of their babies to release them from virtual detention at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital).
Sincerely Vee Foundation and Life Commission jointly paid GH¢13,000 to the hospital for the release of the mothers, who had been on forced admissions for days and weeks because of their inability to pay for services rendered to them by the hospital.
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The Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) in Ghana, launched the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Accra yesterday (March 2, 2021).
This opens the gates for qualified members of the public to step forward and take the vaccine, a preventive measure to complement the safety protocols against the spread of COVID-19 and also reduce the rate of deaths.
Day one data
A total of 3,321 people took the COVID-19 vaccination when the exercise started yesterday.
Health workers topped the number of those vaccinated with 1,928, followed by members of the security services with 443, traders at 323, with members of the Executive arm of government following in fourth place with 198.
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