| Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | |
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| Ministry of Health | |
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.png) The entrance of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kumasi,Kumasi Metropolis,Ashanti Region, Ghana |
| Coordinates | 6°41′51″N1°37′54″W / 6.697479°N 1.631690°W /6.697479; -1.631690 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Ghana Health Service /NHIS Accredited |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1000[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1954 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ghana |
TheKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), also known as GEE after the name of its contractors Messrs. GEE Walter & Slater[2] inKumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, is the second-largesthospital in Ghana,[3] and the only tertiary health institution in theAshanti Region.[4][5]
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital was the mainreferral hospital for theAshanti,Brong Ahafo and northern regions of Ghana.[6] Until thenTamale Regional Hospital was upgraded toTeaching hospital hence handling referrals fromNorthern,Upper East andUpper West regions thereby easing some pressure on it.[7][8]
The hospital was built in 1954,[3][9][10][11][12] as the Kumasi Central Hospital.[13] It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital afterOkomfo Anokye, a legendaryfetish priest of theAshanti.[1] It is said that Anokye placed an unmovable sword in the middle of the Ashanti empire.[14] Many have tried and failed to remove the sword. In 1996, the Okomfo Anokye Sword Site was built around the sword on the grounds of the hospital.[15][16]
The hospital was converted into ateaching hospital in 1975[10][11] affiliated to themedical school of theKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[17][18] The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by theWest African College of Surgeons insurgery,obstetrics andgynaecology,otorhinolaryingology,ophthalmology andradiology.[19] The hospital currently has about 1000 beds,[1] up from the initial 500 when first built.
The latest building added to Komfo Anokye Hospital was the National Accident and Emergency Centre.
In October 2019, the first surgery on a heart at the hospital without making an incision was performed successfully.[20][21]
In November 2019, the hospital received four awards at the 2019 GhanaProcurement andSupply Chain Awards. The awards were for Excellence in Procurement and Supply Chain (silver category), Public Procurement and Supply Chain Compliance (silver category), Procurement and Supply Chain Team of the year (Bronze category).[22]
In March 2022, the hospital received a donation of 100 beds fromGhana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) to enhance the access of beds by patients.[23][24][25][26]
The hospital has clinical and non-clinical directorates.
The clinical directorates include:
The non-clinical directorates include:
The constructions of the National Accident and Emergency Centre started in 2004 and were completed in 2008. The whole project was carried out by Hospital Engineering GmbH and GerTech GmbH from Germany. The project was done as aTurn-Key Project, including planning, designing, project development, construction works and implementation as well as provision and installation of medical and technical equipment.
The following departments exist:
A specific feature of the National Accident and Emergency Centre is an ultramodern facility for Forensic Medicine.
On February 5, 2014 Suwaiba Abdul Mumin was admitted to the hospital for the birth of her baby. She was informed that the baby wasstillborn and when she asked to see the body, she was told it could not be found.[28] The bodies of four other children pronounced stillborn by the hospital that day were also missing.[29] The suspicious "vanishing of babies" made headlines with some suggesting an ongoing illegalbaby selling business by midwives and hospital authorities. Seven people were charged but given bail on February 27, 2014. Minister of HealthSherry Ayitey placed the doctor and midwife, as well as thechief executive officer of the hospital, on indefinite leave.[28][29][30][31] She went ahead to propose a Ghc 50,000 compensation which was rejected by the Suweiba and her family who still maintain that the baby is alive.[32]