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The battle to save the fingers of a nine-year-old girl which were immersed in boiling water by her guardian over two Ghana cedis continues at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. Plastic Surgeons led by Dr. Emmil Tanor are expected to go into the second round of surgery on Tuesday with little Stephanie. Luv FM’s Erastus Asare Donkor who first broke this story gave an update on the first surgery. “So the first surgery went well. According to the plastic surgery team, they were able to separate the fingers that were clenched together and so now the fingers…

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Understanding what risk is, the management system The management of any association, whether working in the public area, or whether working in the private area, points to accomplish its goals to reduce risks.  Risk control is accomplished by overseeing them, and more specifically, a good risk management system. Risk management is a significant idea connected with the safety and financial capacity of an association, and hazard evaluation is a significant piece of its essential turn of events. The technique of an association on the risk the board ought to be that every one of the dangers it faces should be…

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A Cape Coast District Court has remanded the boyfriend of the 24-year-old Cape Coast Technical University student whose dead body was found with her private missing into police custody. Nicholas Ato Bronk Taylor, a Marketing Manager with a company in Cape Coast, was picked up by the Police and charged with murder. He’s expected to reappear on May 31, 2022. The Court presided over by Bernice Ackom did not take the plea of the boyfriend and remanded him. According to the Police, the suspect will assist them with investigations while on remand. Background The Central Region Police are investigating the circumstances…

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A former Korean YouTuber and pharmacist was sentenced to jail for knowingly spreading a sexually transmitted disease. Park Seung-jong, who went by the name “Yakult,” was charged with injury and violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation. He was found guilty of knowingly spreading the herpes type 2 virus infection to various women. “As the accused is a pharmacist, it is established that his actions were deliberate,” Judge Kim Min Joo of the Uijeongbu District Court, said. “As the accused had the Herpes 2 virus, and the victims showed early…

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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public to be on high alert for an unregistered type of noodles called ‘Indomie Instant Chicken Noodles’ with the ‘Ladha Ya Kuku’ inscription on the label. It says checks reveal that the product, which contains high levels of aflatoxins and pesticides is dangerous for human consumption. According to the Authority, the product which has been cited in Kenya and Egypt has not made its way into the country yet. Speaking to Citi News, the Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Food and Drugs Authority Joseph Yaw Bernie Beenie, said…

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A medical practitioner, Dr Hannah-Lisa Tetteh, has stated that drivers who resort to hard drugs to stay awake while driving, eventually lose attention. According to her, the use of drugs to stimulate alertness, has adverse implications in the long run. Speaking in an interview with Blessed Sogah on The Pulse on Tuesday, she explained that, in as much as substances such cocaine may be able to keep an individual in an extremely conscious state, they also come with negative consequences. “Most of these drugs have a span within which they work, so the general one, according to studies, is five…

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The Ghana Maritime Authority has constituted a committee to probe the circumstances that led to the sinking of a fishing vessel between the coast of Elmina and Takoradi. The committee is also tasked to conduct a Marine Casualty Investigation by analysing the evidence available and determining the causal factors to draw conclusions relevant to the causal factors and make safety recommendations. A statement issued by the management of the Authority added that “we are continuing to engage all fishing vessel operators and personnel to abide by the rules guiding their trade to preserve life and property.” The captain of a…

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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that it has received reports that some of its drivers consume alcohol and cocaine-laden toffee to stay awake and alert while travelling on long-distance journeys. General Secretary for the GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire revealed this during an interview with Evans Mensah on Newsnight, on Monday. This revelation comes on the back of the National Security’s description of road carnages as a potential source of civil unrest and identifying the GPRTU as a major culprit for road carnages. He noted that although the Union has received such reports, it is yet to apprehend…

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The Central Region Police are investigating circumstances under which a level 300 student of the Cape Coast Technical University was killed on Friday night at OLA Estate in Cape Coast. Nana Ama Clark’s body was found in a pool of blood without her private part. The Police say they had information around 9:00pm on Friday that a female adult was found lying dead by the roadside at OLA Estate near the OLA College of Education in Cape Coast. According to the Police, they proceeded to the scene and found the body of an unknown person aged about 24 years lying…

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The Management of Foso College of Education has dismissed some claims about the incident involving one of its students who was bitten by a snake. On Friday, it was reported that a snake bit the genitalia of a level 300 student of the College. The student was reported to have said that he quickly stood on his feet after feeling a pinch on his testicles only to find the snake curled up. His colleague told Adom News‘ Alfred Amoh that the victim encountered the incident while attending nature’s call in an abandoned toilet facility on campus. However, the school authorities…

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