Tag Archives: KATH

KATH Board in hot waters for advertising position of Director on mandatory leave

The Kumasi High Court, Human Rights Division, has place an injunction on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) from replacing its Director of Finance. The Director of Finance of KATH filed a motion in court to injunct a decision by the hospital’s board to replace him while still in office. …

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CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital tests positive for COVID-19

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Oheneba-Owusu Danso has been admitted at a special ward of the hospital after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. Although there has been no official communication about his condition, a source at the hospital said Dr. Owusu-Danso is coping. The …

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KATH goes paperless

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has announced the operationalisation of the computerisation of the final phase of all its clinical functions on Saturday, 1 August 2020. In a statement issued by KATH and signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso on Thursday, 13 August 2020, the hospital noted …

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COVID-19: 254 Staff Of KATH Test Positive

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for covid-19 since the outbreak in the country. Two Hundred and three out of the number have, however, recovered and were back at post while one had died. Chief Executive of the hospital, …

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KATH staff reportedly dies, another on admission after contracting coronavirus

A health worker at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has died after contracting the deadly Coronavirus, officials say. Although management will not give full details of the recorded fatality, it says a number of its staff have recovered from the virus too. “As at the last check, Komfo Anokye has …

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KATH: Over 20 doctors, 100 nurses infected with coronavirus

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has revealed that at least about 20 doctors have been infected with Coronavirus. He also noted that though the number of infected nurses hasn’t been fully collated, he can project that for every doctor that is infected, five …

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KATH Intensive Care Unit to operate at half capacity

The Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is to operate at half capacity for the next 14 days. This is because most of its intensive care unit doctors and nurses have been exposed to a trauma patient who has tested positive for Covid-19. A memo dated June …

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Radiotherapy Units at Korle Bu, KATH charging cancer patients unapproved fees

Joy News’ investigations have uncovered breast cancer patients at the radiotherapy units of Ghana’s two main referral hospitals are made to pay some unapproved fees before being administered a life-saving drug. An agreement signed between government and the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, Roche in 2018 provided breast cancer patients with a …

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26 staff of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital test positive for coronavirus

Twenty-six staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, have tested positive for COVID-19, ClassFMonline.com has learnt from sources familiar with the situation. It is, however, unclear if they got infected at the hospital or outside the health post. The management of the hospital is investigating the …

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Work resumes on Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s abandoned 46-year-old maternity block

Work on the Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), which has been abandoned for 46-years has started. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for work to commence on the project. The government procured €138 million in funding to complete the project. The …

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