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The Retina Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Eye Centre was glad to host Professor Paul Bernstein and his team from the Moran Eye centre, University of Utah for a 5-day intensive hands-on training for two retina fellows, Drs Maame Temah Appiah Berko and Peter Forson Ackah; as well as training for scrub nurses…

The executives of the various professional associations at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have commended the Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, for his innovative and consultative approach to the management of the hospital. The executives noted that his effectiveness in mobilising private sector resources to improve hospital facilities, enforcement of discipline, the institution…

Honoring the incredible passion and dedication of midwives around the globe! Happy International Midwives Day. (post with flyer)

Bliss GVS Pharma Limited, a pharmaceutical company operating in Ghana, has donated anti-malaria medicines worth over Fifty Thousand Ghana Cedis (₵50,000.00) to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as part of the company’s aim of fighting malaria in the country. The donations were made up of Clamoxin 1200 Injection, Gacet 1GM 20*5 Suppository HP, Gsunate 30…

Cedi Foundation Healthcare, a US based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) committed to improving quality healthcare for marginalized patients, has donated medical equipment and accessories worth US$10,000 to the Pediatric Oncology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The donations, made up of 4 patient monitors, 4 infusion pumps, 10 sphygmomanometers and branded T-shirts, were presented…

The “Doctors Flats” at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are set to receive a major facelift following the commencement of work to repair and paint them under a special project initiated by the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah. The take-off of the project was made possible by the decision of Neuce…

A multidisciplinary team of surgeons, anaesthesiologists, paediatricians and nurses led by Dr. Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Senior Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedic, have performed a six-hour long operation to repair a complex congenital limb malformation, known in medicine as polymelia, on a five-month-old baby at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The baby was delivered at a…

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21. This extra genetic material causes the developmental changes and physical features of Down syndrome. Down syndrome varies in severity among individuals, causing lifelong intellectual disability and developmental delays. It’s the most common genetic…

The Directorate of Oral Health of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) today celebrated “World Oral Health Day” with the provision of free dental screening to over 200 patients at the hospital. The day is observed on the 20th of March every year to raise global awareness on issues around oral health and the importance…