Written by the people who work here
Notes on health, for this town rather than for the internet
None of these are general advice. They are the things our own staff find themselves explaining twice a day, written down so that the explanation is the same every time and you can take it home.
What to bring when you are being admitted
A short list, written by the ward sisters, of what actually helps — and the four things people bring that we will only ask them to take home again.
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High blood pressure in the Volta Region, and what the numbers say
Roughly one adult in three who walks into our outpatients has a reading above 140/90, and most of them feel perfectly well. Here is why that matters.
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Recovering at home after surgery
The first fortnight is the one that decides how the next three months go. What to expect, what is normal, and the four signs that mean call us today.
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Your first antenatal visit, step by step
What we check, what it costs, how long it takes, and why we would rather see you at eight weeks than at eighteen.
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When a fever in a child is an emergency
Most fevers are not. These are the ones that are, written plainly enough to read at two in the morning with a hot child on your lap.
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How to read your own laboratory results
What the reference ranges mean, why a value just outside one is usually nothing, and which lines on the page are worth a phone call.
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Ready when you are
There is a bed, and there is a doctor
Outpatients runs Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm. Emergency is open every hour of every day — including the ones nobody plans for.
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