KATH makes breakthrough in stroke treatment
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has launched thrombolysis service, a medical procedure that restores paralysed stroke patients to normalcy. The introduction of the service is seen as a major breakthrough in the treatment of stroke. Thrombolysis uses medications or a minimally invasive procedure to break up blood clots and prevent new clots […]
Suspected fake doctor arrested at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
By Thomas Nsowah Adjei Management at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi helped arrest a fake doctor on Monday, September 4, 2023. It, however, denied that the alleged fake doctor administered drugs or any form of medication to patients. A statement issued by the Hospital and signed by the Public Relations Officer, Kwame […]
KATH suspends 2 doctors for extortion
Two doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have been suspended for extorting money from patients. The two were each given a month’s suspension without pay. While one has already served his suspension, the other will start from today. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KATH, Professor Otchere Yaw Addai-Mensah, disclosed this […]
KATH: Medical team successfully performs surgery on infant born with limb malformation
A team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, paediatricians, and nurses, led by Dr. Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Senior Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics, has accomplished a remarkable six-hour operation at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to repair a complex congenital limb malformation in a five-month-old baby. The baby, delivered via caesarean section at a district hospital, was referred to […]
Babies born on Christmas Day at Korle-Bu, KATH receive welcome gifts
MTN Ghana has presented hampers to 50 babies delivered on Christmas Day at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Maternal and Child Health Hospital (MCHH) in Kumasi. The donation which is an annual event by the telecommunication giant is to congratulate the mothers and their babies for safe delivery and share in their […]
Wife of Asantehene, Lady Julia pays hospital bills of 26 patients on admission at KATH
By Razak Baba The Wife of Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, who is also Patroness of Otumfuo Osei Tutu Foundation, has paid the hospital bills of 26 patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The gesture, about GHC30,000, formed part of activities to mark International Day of Families. Otumfuo Osei Tutu Foundation is […]
Massive congestion at KATH; Reception turns Ward for patients
By Georgina Ama Ankumah The Head of Public Relations of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH, Kwame Frimpong says lack of alternative health care facilities in the Ashanti Region has contributed to the perennial congestion at the hospital. He is therefore appealing to the government to, as a matter of urgency to complete the ongoing […]
