Tag Archives: KATH

KATH Breast cancer treatment department has no mammogram machine for the past 18 years – CEO

  The Chief Executive Officer for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region, Professor Addai Mensah has revealed that the referral facility has had no functioning mammogram machine in the last 18 years. “Breast cancer, as common as it is so far as the cancers are concerned, over …

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Impersonator arrested at KATH for fraudulent medical practices

In a shocking revelation, an individual at the prestigious Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has been arrested for fraud and impersonation. The suspect, whose identity is yet to be made public, allegedly posed as a licensed medical doctor and prescribed medications to unsuspecting patients without the requisite authorisation. At the …

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Otumfuo to raise $10m to renovate KATH leaking blocks

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bad structural state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) which serves as the referral center for 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana. KATH block A-D built 70 years ago has never seen any renovations, a development Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II described …

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Kumasi South Hospital staff reject former KATH CEO’s transfer to facility

A section of the Health Services Workers Union at the Kumasi South Hospital has voiced their disagreement with the transfer of Dr. Oheneba Owusu Danso, the former Chief Executive Officer of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to the hospital for clinical duties. A news report by myjoyonline.com indicates that Dr. …

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19-year-old battles for his life at KATH as Asanteman, Adventist SHS students clash

A nineteen-year-old boy is battling for his life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after he fell victim to clashes between the Asanteman Senior High School and the Adventist Senior High School at Bantama in Kumasi. The clash ensued on Sunday afternoon when students of Asanteman alleged their colleague had …

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Confusion hits KATH over retired CEO’s accumulated leave package

A group of aggrieved senior medical Staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi are considering taking legal action against the hospital’s board for authorizing payment of 8 months of accumulated (deferred) leave for the retired Chief Executive officer (CEO) Dr. Oheneba Owusu Danso including other benefits they …

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Prof. Otchere Addai Mensah is new CEO of KATH

President Nana Akufo-Addo through the Ministry of Health has appointed Professor Otchere Addai Mensah, a Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. A formal letter from the ministry of health …

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KATH staff threatens to reject ‘stranger’ as next CEO

Staff of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have served notice that they will reject any appointment of non-permanent staff of the Hospital as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This comes on the back of speculations within the premier hospital that the President in consultation with …

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: KATH raises red flags over high prevalence of breast cancer in Ashanti region

The Breast Care Center at the Okonfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti, has raised the red flags over the high prevalence of breast cancer in the region According to the center, breast cancers are on the astronomical rise in the Ashanti Region affecting hundreds of …

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CCC donates over 2000 pints of blood to KATH

The General Overseer of Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC), Reverend Ransford Obeng says the giving of blood to help save lives is BIBLICAL. According to the Gospel preacher, the Bible admonishes that Christians help those who ate in need. This means that if people needed blood to live and Christians are …

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