Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Ministry of Health
Geography
Location Kumasi, Kumasi Metropolis, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Organisation
Care system Ghana Health Service
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 1000
History
Founded 1954
Links
Website http://www.kathhsp.org/
Lists Hospitals in Ghana

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in the country[1] and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region. It is the main referral hospital for the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.

The hospital was built in 1954[1] as the Kumasi Central Hospital. It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti.[2] It was converted into a teaching hospital in 1975 affiliated to the medical school of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[3] The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by the West African College of Surgeons in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, otorhinolaryingology, ophthalmology and radiology[4]. The hospital currently has about 1000 beds[2], up from the initial 500 when first built.

Contents

Directorates

The hospital has clinical and non-clinical directorates.[5]

Clinical Directorates

  • Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • Child Health
  • Dental, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (DEENT)
  • Diagnostics
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Oncology
  • Polyclinic
  • Surgery
  • Accident and Emergency department
  • Pharmacy

Non-Clinical Directorates

  • Domestic Services
  • Security
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Technical Services

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Govindaraj, Ramesh; A.A.D. Obuobi, N.K.A. Enyimayew, P. Antwi, S. Ofosu-Amaah (August 1996). "Hospital Autonomy in Ghana: The Experience of Korle Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals" (PDF). Data for Decision Making Project. School of Public Health, University of Ghana and Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ihsg/publications/pdf/No-41.PDF. Retrieved 12 March 2007. 
  2. ^ a b "Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-About Us". Official Website. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. http://www.kathhsp.org/about_us.html. Retrieved 23 January 2009. 
  3. ^ "College of Health Sciences:Faculty of Medicine". Official Website. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 12 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070812215505/http://www.knust.edu.gh/chsci/about_medicine.htm. Retrieved 12 March 2007. 
  4. ^ "List of Accredited Institutions for Training". Official Website. West African College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070522063136/http://www.wacs-coac.org/list3.htm. Retrieved 12 March 2007. 
  5. ^ "Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Directorates". Official Website. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. http://www.kathksi.org/directorates.html. Retrieved 12 March 2007. 

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