Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

It was the main referral hospital for the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and northern regions of Ghana.{{cite journal |last1=Agbenorku |first1=Pius |last2=Donwi |first2=Isaac K. |last3=Kuadzi |first3=Pawson |last4=Saunderson |first4=Paul |title=Buruli Ulcer: Treatment Challenges at Three Centres in Ghana |journal=Journal of Tropical Medicine |date=2012 |volume=2012 |pages=371915 |doi=10.1155/2012/371915 |doi-access=free |pmid=23251191 |pmc=3517849 }} Until then Tamale Regional Hospital was upgraded to Teaching hospital hence handling referrals from Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions thereby easing some pressure on it.{{cite web | url=http://www.ghananewsagency.org/health/tamale-teaching-hospital-leads-in-endoscopy-services-56958 | title=Tamale Teaching Hospital leads in endoscopy services | publisher=Ghana News Agency | date=27 February 2013 | accessdate=3 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Doctors, nurses and babies suffocate from excessive heat at Tamale Teaching Hospital |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/February-13th/doctors-nurses-and-babies-suffocate-from-excessive-heat-at-tamale-teaching-hospital.php |accessdate=3 March 2014 |publisher=MyJoyonline.}}

The hospital was built in 1954,{{Cite web |title=Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital |url=https://www.moh.gov.gh/komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital/#:~:text=In%201954/55%20the%20new,legendary%20fetish%20priest,%20Komfo%20Anokye. |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Ministry Of Health |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://kath.gov.gh/our-history/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=INORMUS |url=http://www.inormus.ca/our-growing-network/66 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.inormus.ca}}{{Cite web |last=afrisearch |date=2020-11-14 |title=Why The komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is Called "Gee" |url=https://african-research.com/research/why-the-komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital-is-called-gee/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=African Research Consult |language=en-US}} as the Kumasi Central Hospital.{{cite web | url=https://kath.gov.gh/our-history/ | title=Our History }} It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti.{{cite web |title=Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-About Us |url=http://www.kathhsp.org/aboutus1.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719104101/http://www.kathhsp.org/aboutus1.php |archivedate=19 July 2013 |accessdate=13 August 2013 |publisher=Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital online}} It is said that Anokye placed an unmovable sword in the middle of the Ashanti empire.{{cite web | url=https://visitghana.com/attractions/okomfo-anokye-sword-site/#google_vignette | title=Visit Ghana - Komfo Anokye Sword Site }} 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.{{Cite web |title=The Sword That Can't Be Moved – Africa Dispatch |url=https://nyujournalismprojects.org/africadispatch/2012/06/the-sword-that-cant-be-moved/ |access-date=2021-01-18 |website=nyujournalismprojects}}https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/The-story-of-Okomfo-Anokye-s-sword-The-sacred-sword-that-can-t-be-removed-827809

The hospital was converted into a teaching hospital in 1975 affiliated to the medical school of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.knust.edu.gh/chsci/about_medicine.htm |title=College of Health Sciences:Faculty of Medicine |accessdate=12 March 2007 |work=Official Website |publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812215505/http://www.knust.edu.gh/chsci/about_medicine.htm |archivedate=12 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}https://ir.knust.edu.gh/server/api/core/bitstreams/99ac7ebe-017c-4d82-bff2-cee4a7f09b43/content The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by the West African College of Surgeons in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, otorhinolaryingology, ophthalmology and radiology.{{cite web|url=http://www.wacs-coac.org/list3.htm |title=List of Accredited Institutions for Training |accessdate=12 March 2007 |work=Official Website |publisher=West African College of Surgeons |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522063136/http://www.wacs-coac.org/list3.htm |archivedate=22 May 2007 |url-status=dead }} The hospital currently has about 1000 beds, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/962619/kath-makes-history-as-ghanaian-doctors-perform.html|title=KATH Makes History As Ghanaian Doctors Perform Heart Surgery Without A Cut|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}{{Cite web |date=2015-11-21 |title=KATH completes first successful open-heart surgery - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/kath-completes-first-successful-open-heart-surgery/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}

In November 2019, the hospital received four awards at the 2019 Ghana Procurement and Supply 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital-wins-four-procurement-awards.html|title=KATH wins four procurement awards|date=2019-11-06|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-11-07}}

In March 2022, the hospital received a donation of 100 beds from Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) to enhance the access of beds by patients.{{Cite web |title=GOIL donates 100 beds to KATH |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/goil-donates-100-beds-to-kath.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Graphic Online |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=GNA |date=2022-03-05 |title=GOIL donates 100 hospital beds to KATH |url=https://gna.org.gh/2022/03/goil-donates-100-hospital-beds-to-kath/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Ghana News Agency |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-06 |title=GOIL donates 100 beds to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/goil-donates-100-beds-to-komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=GOIL HANDS OVER ONE THOUSAND BEDS TO MINISTRY OF HEALTH |url=https://goil.com.gh/goil-hands-over-one-thousand-beds-to-min-of-health/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=GOIL PLC |language=en-US}}

The hospital has clinical and non-clinical directorates.

File:Ghanaian Medical Doctors – Ward rounds at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.jpgs at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)}}]]

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The clinical directorates include:

• Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• Child Health
• Oral health
• Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (EENT)
• Diagnostics
• Medicine
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Oncology
• Family Medicine
• Surgery
• Accident and Emergency department
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Laboratory{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=KATH laboratory workers still agitated over refusal to reassign 2 medical specialists|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/kath-laboratory-workers-still-agitated-over-refusal-to-reassign-2-medical-specialists/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US}}

The non-clinical directorates include:

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

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 a Turn-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:File:Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.jpg

• Laundry
• Central Stores
• Mortuary
• Medical Gas Bottles Store
• Blood Bank
• Blood Donor Services
• Haematology
• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Parasitology
• Observation Wards
• Resuscitation Area
• Pharmacy
• First Aid Bays
• Radiology
• ICU
• Wards
• CSSD
• Operating Theatre Department
• Burns Unit
• Administration

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 was stillborn and when she asked to see the body, she was told it could not be found. The bodies of four other children pronounced stillborn by the hospital that day were also missing. The suspicious "vanishing of babies" made headlines with some suggesting an ongoing illegal baby selling business by midwives and hospital authorities. Seven people were charged but given bail on February 27, 2014. Minister of Health Sherry Ayitey placed the doctor and midwife, as well as the chief executive officer of the hospital, on indefinite leave.{{cite web | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=301223 | title=The Truth concerning the stolen Baby at KATH | date=19 February 2014 | accessdate=3 March 2014 | author=Yushaw, Ismail}}{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26382532 | title=Ghana hospital given 14 days to find 'missing babies' | publisher=BBC News | date=28 February 2014 | accessdate=3 March 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/03/GMA_Must_Stop_The_Blackmail_Felix_Kwakye_Ofosu/ | title=Gma Must Stop The Blackmail - Felix Kwakye Ofosu | publisher=wn.com | accessdate=3 March 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://tv3network.com/Health/kath-ceo-asked-to-proceed-on-leave.html | title=KATH CEO asked to proceed on leave | publisher=Tv3 News | work=Ghana News Agency | date=March 26, 2014 | accessdate=20 March 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326130454/http://tv3network.com/Health/kath-ceo-asked-to-proceed-on-leave.html|archivedate=26 March 2014}} 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.{{cite news | url=http://citifmonline.com/2014/05/08/kath-missing-baby-suweiba-rejects-ghc-50000-compensation/ | title=Kath Missing baby: Suweiba rejects GHC 50,000 compensation | work=Citifmonline | date=May 8, 2014 | accessdate=February 19, 2016 | author=Efua Idan Osam}}

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