- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
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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.
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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
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
- List of hospitals in Ghana
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- The story of Okomfo Anokye founding member of the Ashanti tribe. The sword in the legend is said to still be buried on the hospital grounds.
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Directorates". Official Website. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. http://www.kathksi.org/directorates.html. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
External links
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- Hospitals established in 1954
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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