General News of Sunday, 3 February 2019Source: Starrfmonline.comHypertension leading cause of deaths at Koforidua Regional HospitalThe deaths have been attributed to bad lifestyle and irregular blood pressure checkupsHypertension was the major cause of the deaths recorded at the Eastern Regional Hospital in 2018, Hospital Authorities have revealed. HIV/AIDS /Retroviral infection was the top cause of deaths at the facility the year before. According to statistics, 210 deaths were recorded in 2018 at the facility from 1,131 hypertension cases, representing 13.0% of the total deaths of 1,627 recorded at the Hospital. CVA was the leading cause of deaths at the Hospital in 2016. He said hypertension in pregnant women was also noticed to be a major contributory factor to the 36 maternal deaths recorded at the facility during the year under review.

Source: GhanaWeb February 03, 2019 15:00 UTC