Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in the country 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 as the Kumasi Central Hospital. It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti. It was converted into a teaching hospital in 1975 affiliated to the medical school of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by the West African College of Surgeons in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, otorhinolaryingology, ophthalmology and radiology. The hospital currently has about 1000 beds, up from the initial 500 when first built.
Directorates
The hospital has nine clinical and four non-clinical directorates.Clinical Directorates
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Child Health
- Dental, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (DEENT)
- Diagnostics
- Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Polyclinic
- Surgery
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 ttory of Okomfo Anokye founding member of the Ashanti tribe. The sword in the legend is said to still be buried on the hospital grounds.
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