Health insights
Written by the people who run the clinics
No press office and no agency. Each of these is by the consultant whose department it concerns, which is why some of them are blunter than a hospital's website usually is.
Health insights
Latest updates and expert healthcare tips
How having family on the ward changes what recovery looks like
We widened visiting hours on the surgical ward two years ago and started measuring what happened. The short version: people go home sooner.
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A&E, step by step: what actually happens when you arrive
Triage is not a queue and the order is not first-come. Here is how a hospital decides who is seen next, and what to bring so it goes faster.
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The four screenings every adult over forty in Accra should book
Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and one cancer screening appropriate to your sex. All four in a morning, and most of it covered by NHIS.
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Everything else we have written
Written by the consultants who run the departments, not by an agency. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it rather than quietly delete it.
Malaria in the rainy season: when a fever needs a test, not a guess
Treating malaria on suspicion alone is how resistance spreads and how something else gets missed. A rapid test takes fifteen minutes and costs less than the tablets.
Read the articleWhy your blood pressure reading at home is the one that matters
Clinic readings run high for almost everybody. Dr Boateng on how to take one properly at home, and what the numbers should actually be.
Read the articleSickle cell: what every Ghanaian parent should know before the first crisis
One in four of us carries the trait. Testing before a baby arrives changes what the first year looks like, and it takes one blood sample.
Read the articleBooking at eight weeks rather than twenty: what the extra scans catch
Most complications we can do something about are visible early and expensive later. Dr Adjei on why the first appointment is the important one.
Read the articleDiabetes and the foot check nobody books until it is too late
An annual foot examination takes ten minutes and prevents the majority of amputations. It is free with any diabetic review here.
Read the articleStroke: the four hours that decide the next four years
How to recognise one, why you should ring rather than drive, and what our own pathway does in the forty minutes after you arrive.
Read the articleSomebody is on the desk right now
Book a clinic, ask about a bill, or call the emergency line and speak to the department itself. No switchboard, no queue system.
