The Founding Chief Executive Officer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Dr Darius Kofi Osei, has shared a deeply personal account of how an unplanned journey, shaped by hardship and persistence, led him to the pinnacle of Ghana’s medical leadership. …
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Tuesday, 12 May 2026
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University of Ghana Medical Centre — major healthcare facility in Ghana providing specialist care including heart surgery and trauma treatment.
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- April 2026
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MahamaCares Patient Support Programme launches in 29 hospitals
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The Ghana Medical Trust Fund Administrator announced that the MahamaCares Patient Support Programme will initially operate through 29 strategically selected hospitals across Ghana to ensure equitable access to specialised healthcare services. The programme includes a digital platform for patient registration and claims processing, and trained patient navigators to support patients throughout treatment.
19 hours ago · Joy Online →
Yesterday
MahamaCares Patient Support Programme launches in 29 hospitals
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund Administrator announced that the MahamaCares Patient Support Programme will initially operate through 29 strategically selected hospitals across Ghana to ensure equitable access to specialised healthcare services. The programme includes a digital platform for patient registration and claims processing, and trained patient navigators to support patients throughout treatment.
19 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana's patient support programme launches nationwide in June 2026
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund's Nationwide Patient Support Programme will officially begin in June 2026 after a successful pilot phase involving 50 patients who received treatment support for major medical conditions including heart surgeries, brain surgeries, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with over 4.8 million expended so far.
19 hours ago · Joy Online →
Friday 8 May
Gender Ministry monitors North Legon child abuse case progress
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has followed up on an alleged child abuse case in Accra where a young boy was reportedly tied to a motorbike and dragged, confirming that the child is responding positively to treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre but remains traumatised and in severe pain. The Ministry's team is coordinating with police investigations and has recommended psychosocial and social welfare support for the family.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
14-year-old student needs GH¢75,000 for heart surgery
Lovejoy Kawe Tugwagwa, a form one student at St. Francis of Assisi in Jirapa, Upper West Region, has been diagnosed with ostium primum atrial septal defect (hole-in-heart) at the University of Ghana Medical Centre and requires open heart surgery costing GH¢75,000 to close the defect and repair the Mitral Valve.
8 May 2026 · Daily Guide →
Thursday 7 May
Report finds Charles Amissah's death preventable, indicts Ghana's emergency care
A committee report into the death of Charles Amissah from severe arm injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on 6 February 2026 concludes his death was avoidable through basic interventions including wound compression, fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion. The report documents systemic failures across multiple institutions—ambulance services, triage systems, emergency departments, clinical leadership and professional ethics—as the patient arrived alive at three major health facilities but was failed at each critical stage of trauma response.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Wednesday 6 May
Charles Amissah moved through four hospitals in 118 minutes before death
An investigative committee reconstructed the timeline of Charles Amissah's death following a hit-and-run incident near Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra on February 6, 2026. The 29-year-old engineer was transported through multiple hospitals without being stabilised, with the committee documenting a chain of movement that ended in his death after more than an hour of attempts to secure definitive care.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
19-year-old student shot in stomach during demolition exercise
A 19-year-old Senior High School student was shot in the stomach on May 6 during a demolition exercise at Domeabra-Danchira in the Ga South Municipality, with police officers deployed to supervise. The student's condition remains critical and he was referred from FK Effah Community Hospital to the University of Ghana Medical Centre.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Tuesday 5 May
Ghana launches mental health campaign with 24/7 digital platform
The Jubilare Group and Mental Health Authority of Ghana have launched a Mental Health Campaign 2026 featuring a 24/7 remote mental healthcare platform and support services for over 1,000 mothers, students, and professionals. The initiative aims to expand mental health access through screening and counselling while reducing stigma, addressing data showing nearly 50 per cent of Ghanaian mothers experience perinatal depression and one in three university students experiences anxiety or depression.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Sunday 26 April
Founding UGMC CEO credits soldier uncle's discipline for life transformation
Dr Darius Kofi Osei, founding CEO of the University of Ghana Medical Centre, credits living under his soldier uncle's strict guidance as a pivotal moment that transformed his life and set him on the path to medical excellence through discipline and structure.
26 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Darius Osei shares childhood tale of school at age four
The Founding CEO of the University of Ghana Medical Centre has recounted growing up as a toddler in his mother's classroom because she had no childcare, beginning his early education informally at age four alongside his two brothers in a resource-limited but disciplined household.
26 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Darius Osei's unplanned path to medical leadership
The Founding CEO of the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Dr Darius Kofi Osei, shared that becoming a doctor was never part of his childhood ambitions but that challenges and persistence gradually steered him toward medicine. Raised in a modest household with his mother working as a teacher, Osei said academic potential and the demands of circumstance led him to pursue the profession.
26 April 2026 · Joy Online →