Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) would like to notify our cherished clients that, Head office of HeFRA has relocated to the former MINISTRY OF HEALTH building at the ministries. Digital Address is GA-110-3586. Thank you.…
GUIDELINES ON CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM
Pursuant to the Government of Ghana plan to make payments for all government services cashless, the Governing Board of HeFRA has directed that all payments to the Agency should be made cashless. For this reason, we entreat all our cherished clients/facilities to adhere to the following payment guidelines: Clients making cheque payments directly in our offices are advised to write the full name of the Agency at the “pay column”. Pay: Health Facilities Regulatory Agency Payments can also be made directly into HeFRA’s…
HeFRA SIGNS CONTRACT WITH IT FIRM-VATEBRA
Earlier in March 2020, HeFRA signed a provisional agreement with VATEBRA Limited, an information technology company with vast experience in online applications and ERP Software Development. The company will provide online mobile application services to enhance operational activities of HeFRA. The Mobile Online Information System will allow submission of documents (Registration), updating of files, scheduling of Inspections, verification of the status of Licence and as well as obtaining vital information regarding Monitoring and changes to policy guidelines. The Registrar –…
MASS REGISTRATION EXERCISE FOR ALL UNREGISTERED FACILITIES IN GREATER ACCRA
The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), in its quest to honor its statutory mandate to license and regulate all private and public health facilities in the country as mandated by ACT 829, is to ensure all facilities in Ghana are in good standing as Healthcare Providers. The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) in collaboration with the Society Of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners, Allied Health Professional Council, Ophalmologist Association of Ghana and all other health professional regulators are inviting you,…
IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE: 37 MILITARY HOSPITAL INCIDENT.
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…
PUBLIC NOTICE: PETITION RECEIVED ON ALLEGED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AT COUNTY HOSPITAL, KUMASI
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…
PUBLIC NOTICE: CLOSURE OF CITADEL HOSPITAL
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.…
PUBLIC NOTICE: Bethlehem Maternity Home, Santoe East Legon Hills Not Licensed by Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA).
The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) wishes to inform the General Public that BETHLEHEM MATERNITY HOME, SANTOE EAST LEGON HILLS is not licensed by HeFRA to provide health services to the Public. The General Public is hereby informed that HeFRA is the only mandated Agency by Health Institution and Facilities Act, 2011, (Act 829) to regulate (Register, Inspect, License and Monitor) all health facilities in Ghana. Section 11 (1) &(2) of Act 829 requires that: (1) A person shall not…
Fransko Maternity Home, Madina Not Licensed by Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA).
FRANSKO MATERNITY HOME, MADINA NOT LICENSED BY HEALTH FACILITIES REGULATORY AGENCY. The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) wishes to inform the General Public that FRANSKO MATERNITY HOME, MADINA is not licensed by HeFRA to provide health services to the Public. The General Public is hereby informed that HeFRA is the only mandated Agency by Health Institution and Facilities Act, 2011, (Act 829) to regulate (Register, Inspect, Licence and Monitor) all health facilities in Ghana. Section 11 (1) &(2) Act 829…
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital now HeFRA certified
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…