Author: Lawrence Obeng

The Management and the Board of the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency, HeFRA (established under ACT 829, 2011), have received a report on alleged medical malpractices and equipment failures at the 37 Military Hospital and has constituted a fact-finding team to ascertain the authenticity of the report. The report indicated the following: Alleged delays in carrying out emergency brain surgery/procedure leading to the death of the victim. Alleged breakdown of equipment leading to the inability to carry out brain surgery. Alleged…

Management of Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) wishes to inform the general public that the Agency has received a complaint from the Medical Malpractice Victims Inc, an advocacy group for potential medical malpractice victims and relatives. The complainant alleges that a female patient recently underwent an Obstetric procedure at the County Hospital, and foreign material(s) was/were left inside the pelvic cavity of the victim. After several weeks of complaints, imaging studies confirmed suspicious material (s), which have since been corrected…

Following the arrest of Dr, Frederick Mac-Palma, the CEO and Practitioner-in-charge of Citadel Hospital, Alajo, Accra, upon the alleged manufacturing of weapons and attempting to destabilize the country and the health safety of the general public, the facility is hereby declared by Health Facilities Regulatory Agency(HeFRA) closed with immediate effect.…

The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Monday, received its official license from the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), after satisfying the licensing requirements under the Health Institutions and Facilities Act 829. The operational license for the Hospital was jointly presented by Nana Otuo Acheampong, the Board Chairman of HeFRA and Mr Mattew Yaw Kyeremeh, the Acting Registrar of the Agency, to Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital at a brief ceremony to officially acknowledge the…