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Mr. Pious Tay, Mental Health Coordinator at the Tema Metro Health Directorate, says mentally challenged people roaming the streets cannot be admitted to the hospital due to resource constraints. Mr. Tay revealed that there were no free services for any person with mental illness in all public mental hospitals, which…

The Tema Metro Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Services has joined forces with the Tema Ghana News Agency to launch a month of relentless public advocacy to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on September 10, every year, to provide…

Over 500 residents of the Tema Metropolis have benefited from free health screening and NHIS Registration organised by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council as part of the activities to mark the 66th Independence Day Celebration. The residents benefited from free eye screening, Ear, Nose, and Throat diagnosis; Dental, Blood…

The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate has held its annual performance review for the year 2022 with a call on stakeholders to help the directorate to improve maternal, and adolescent health care. The review saw presentations covering the activities of the directorate on adolescent health, maternal issues, breastfeeding, malaria, tuberculosis, and…

The Tema General Hospital recorded a total of 21 maternal deaths between the months of January and December, last year Dr. Gerald Osei-Owusu, a Medical Officer with the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, has announced. He said six of the women were clients of the hospital and known to have received…