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Friday, June 24, 2022, was St John Ambulance Day. St John Ambulance Ghana is celebrating its 85th Anniversary, St John Ambulance Ghana has worked in close collaboration with Ghana Police Service since its inception. Established by the British Police force to begin emergency medical services in Ghana in 1937, St…

Dr Baffoe Gyan, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, University of Ghana Medical Centre, has advised institutions in the country to invest in Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). This, he said, would enable first aiders to use them during medical emergencies. He noted that AEDs made cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) easier as first aiders were guided…

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Participants in a five-day training in Accra for health and safety officials of mining enterprises, Monday called on the health/safety departments of these companies to deliver free first aid training to members in their operating communities. Dr Kwame Apedzi, the Chief Executive Officer of St John Ambulance, said those trainings…

Graphic Online BY: Graphic Business 30.5k Shares 705 The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has called for a full scale tripartite investigation involving the government, Ghana Chamber of Mines and the GMWU into frequent mine accidents. This is to correct any possible lapses, and also as a more sustainable panacea for development. At the same time, it has also urged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission and its Inspectorate Division to conduct a thorough inves...

Graphic Online BY: Daily Graphic 705 The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has called for a full scale tripartite investigation involving the government, Ghana Chamber of Mines and the GMWU into frequent mine accidents. This is to correct any possible lapses, and also ensure a more sustainable panacea for development. At the same time, it has also urged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission, and its Inspectorate Division to conduct a thorough investigation in...

  One person is feared dead after an underground mining pit, which is part of the concession of Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, caved in and trapped some miners, last Monday. According to mining workers who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity, four persons working for Underground Mining Alliance, UMA, a company contracted by Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi mine, were trapped underground. They said there was an unusual sound after the supervisor of the group, who was ahead of them, went furt...

A staff of Anglogold Ashanti in Obuasi has allegedly died after an underground pit caved in.

David Hagan works at the Underground Mining Alliance (UMA) Obuasi mines and also the founder of Galaxy Foundation Ghana.