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The Gauteng Department of Health has initiated disciplinary proceedings against 21 emergency medical services (EMS) employees over alleged dereliction of duty after they reportedly failed to work their scheduled hours. The department said, however, that EMS services across the province have conti...
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A surgeon in Ogun State has operated on a patient in Abuja, in what Redeemer’s Health Village calls the first tele-robotic surgery in West Africa. The procedure took place on 19 September 2026. Professor Obi Ekwenna-Davis, a urology and transplantation specialist and co-founder of RoboMed Global,...
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A roadside trader identified as Janet has died after a forklift allegedly lost its brakes and crashed into a group of traders at the Brewery Traffic Light in Kumasi. The incident happened at the busy Asokwa intersection, a common spot for informal vendors. Eyewitnesses said the forklift veered ou...
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Ghanaian musician Kwabena Kwabena has raised concerns about the quality of Voltic Cool sachet water after noticing a change in its colour. In a video he recorded, the musician explained that he purchased a bag of the sachet water a few weeks ago for cooking. He said he does not use tap water for...
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A Ghanaian man has died after being struck by a train in the Netherlands, according to a Facebook post by his sister. The man, identified only as Kwaku, is said to have arrived in the country the day before the incident. Posts shared on Monday included images of a woman described as his sister ex...
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The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has adjusted its longstanding teaching on blood. In an announcement issued on 18 September 2026 from Warwick, New York, it said individual members may decide according to conscience whether to accept red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma or platelets...
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At least 48 people have died and 182 others fallen ill after consuming locally prepared alcoholic and herbal concoctions in Nigeria’s Ondo State. The country’s food and drug regulator, NAFDAC, said laboratory tests found high concentrations of methanol in samples of the suspected drink. The toxic...
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At interchanges across Ghana, the picture is almost always the same. A footbridge stands a few metres away. Below it, people wait for a gap, then pick their way through traffic. It is not an isolated scene. From Accra’s busiest junctions to highways outside the capital, most pedestrians still cro...
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General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service has been arraigned before the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder in connection with the death of 20-year-old Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo. The charge was announced on Tuesday, September...
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Three people have reportedly died and 39 others sustained injuries after a boat carrying 42 people sank off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. According to media reports citing Egyptian security and medical sources, rescue teams and emergency personnel were dispatched to the area after authorities...
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Egyptian blogger Alaa Emad, popularly known on social media as “Bent El Omda” (the mayor’s daughter), has died after sustaining severe injuries in a fall from the fourth floor of a building in Al-Hamoul, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. According to Egyptian media reports, Alaa was seriously in...
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A Ghanaian court has granted GH¢100,000 bail, with no surety, to Charlotte Siaw, the wife of Felix Antwi, a traditional medicine practitioner based in Kasoa, who died after a fire at their residence. Mrs Siaw was arrested in connection with her husband’s death following 42 years of marriage. She...
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