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Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital reports a significant decline in institutional maternal deaths, marking the first such decrease in ten years.

Two individuals who posed as nurses at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, have been convicted and each fined GH₵ 12,000 after pleading guilty to all charges.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital's Blood Bank in Ghana has issued an urgent appeal for voluntary blood donations to address a potential shortage exacerbated by a rising number of road traffic accidents.

The Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 35-year-old man to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment after he admitted stealing from a patient's relative at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital…

The 'Heal Komfo Anokye Project' (HeKAP), launched by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to raise $10 million for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, is facing issues as private individuals who registered the project refuse to account for funds or hand it over to the hospital.

The recent suspension of the CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has sparked reflections on leadership, accountability, and the broader state of healthcare governance in Ghana.

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) defended the CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) against sanctions following a bed crisis, highlighting immense pressure on staff and advocating against punishment.

Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has assured the public that efforts to resolve the strike by health professionals at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are progressing. Indications suggest that the striking workers could soon return to their duties.

Nurses have joined a strike at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, protesting the suspension of the CEO and demanding his reinstatement. The Health Ministry is appealing for an end to the strike while an investigation into the CEO's conduct is underway.

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed support for the doctors' strike at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and demanded the immediate reinstatement of the CEO, Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo, calling his suspension unjustified.

Doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, are expressing discontent over a query issued by the Ministry of Health to the hospital's CEO regarding the temporary suspension of emergency admissions.

Ghana's Ministry of Health has summoned the Chief Executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) following public statements announcing the temporary suspension of admissions at the hospital's Accident and Emergency Centre.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, has temporarily halted the admission of new patients to its Accident and Emergency Centre following a recent surge in congestion.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana has reported a 16 percent reduction in deaths, exceeding several performance targets in specialist care and emergency services.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has successfully performed free gynaecological surgeries for 55 women in Ghana's Bono East Region as part of a medical outreach program.

A motor rider, Abdullah Osman, who was critically injured in a road crash at Anhwiaso in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality, has died due to an ambulance delay, following an initial report of one person injured in a Hyundai Rhino truck crash in the same area.

Haruna Iddrisu, Member of Parliament for Tamale North, has funded the fourth life-saving surgery for six-year-old Abdula Hannan at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to address a prolonged medical condition.

The Head of the Orthopaedic Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana has expressed concern over a rising number of orthopaedic patients, attributing the surge to an increase in road accidents.

ADB Ghana Medicals Limited is constructing and equipping a new Cardiothoracic Centre at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to expand access to specialized cardiac and thoracic care in Ghana.

Dr. Owusu-Antwi, Acting Head of the Psychiatry Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, has raised concerns about Ghana's capacity to address the growing problem of substance addiction due to a worsening shortage of specialists.

The Accident and Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana is struggling with an inadequate number of wheelchairs, which is posing a significant challenge to patient movement and care.

The construction of the Cardiology Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, funded by the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, is on schedule to be completed by the end of August 2026.

Ghana's Health Minister has defended his decision to suspend the CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) without parliamentary approval. He asserted that no one has the right to close a health facility without authorization, justifying the suspension.

Activities at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have returned to full operation following the suspension of a four-day strike by doctors.

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have suspended their industrial action after what they described as fruitful engagements and the timely intervention of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The Chairman of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr. Mark Kurt Nawaane, has called for calm and dialogue to resolve an ongoing dispute at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, citing suffering among ordinary citizens.

Ghana's Ministry of Health has suspended Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo, CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to facilitate an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the hospital's Emergency Unit.

The Chief Executive Officer of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana has been suspended for two weeks by the Minister for Health following an announcement regarding emergency admissions.

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that the recent congestion crisis at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is a symptom of systemic underfunding and inadequate emergency care infrastructure nationwide. The GMA called on the government to invest in emergency facilities rather than just querying KATH.

Ghanaian actor and content creator Dr. Likee, also known as Ebenezer Akwasi Antwi, has partnered with NGOs to clear hospital bills for several needy patients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

The Rotary Club of Kumasi East has supplied psychiatric medication to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to enhance mental health services, as the hospital advocates for mental health inclusion in national health insurance.

The Chief Executive Officer of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana, Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has attributed severe congestion and the persistent "No Bed Syndrome" at the facility to multiple abandoned infrastructure projects, some dating back nearly two decades.

Specialist training has commenced at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana for the rollout of the GMTFcare software, aiming to enhance patient support and transform healthcare delivery.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) successfully carried out a major surgical outreach program, providing free gynaecological surgeries in Ghana's Bono East Region.

The Chief Executive Officer of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has personally donated assorted food items valued at GHS 20,000 to support Muslim staff of the hospital…

The Deputy Minister for Health, Professor Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has engaged management and frontline health workers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Kumasi South Hospital on…

The Blood Bank at Ghana's Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is appealing for voluntary blood donations to prevent a shortage, as an increase in road traffic accidents is depleting its reserves.

The Kumasi Evangel Choir, a choral group in Ghana, has donated GH¢21,000 to support child cancer care at the Paediatric Oncology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

A philanthropist has paid GH¢60,000 in medical bills for 16 patients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and appealed to wealthy Ghanaians and corporate organizations to help decongest the facility by assisting vulnerable patients.

An audit has revealed irregularities in the Heal Komfo Anokye Project (HeKAP), an initiative to raise $10 million for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, amidst a dispute over the control of funds.

The Out-Patient Department (OPD) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has fully resumed operations, with patients being attended to after the suspension of a doctors' strike.

The Minority in Ghana's Parliament has urged striking doctors and nurses at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to suspend their industrial action, citing patient safety concerns.

Patients are stranded at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as doctors and nurses strike in protest of their CEO's suspension. The Minority, KATH CEO, and Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council are appealing to the striking staff to resume work, emphasizing that lives lost cannot be reversed.

Doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have initiated an indefinite strike in protest of their CEO's suspension. Nurses at the hospital are also preparing to join the industrial action.

The Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA) chairman urged the Ghanaian government to urgently operationalize the Sewua Government Hospital and Afari Military Hospital to alleviate congestion at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) clarified that the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) did not turn away emergency patients during recent congestion at its Accident and Emergency (A&E) Centre, addressing public concerns.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced that its Accident and Emergency Centre has resumed admitting dire emergency cases, following a temporary halt due to severe congestion.

A Deputy Principal Biomedical Scientist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Rashid Nkatiah, has raised serious concerns over the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly hypertension and diabetes, in Ghana's Ashanti Region.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) conducted a dental outreach at Kumasi Central Prison, where authorities highlighted severe healthcare challenges due to overcrowding and limited resources.

The term 'No Bed Syndrome,' now widely used to describe hospital overcrowding and delayed admissions, was first coined by Dr. Joseph Bonney, an emergency medicine specialist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana. A review of available evidence confirms its origin and subsequent global adoption.

The Deputy Medical Director of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, Dr Yaw Opare Larbi, has expressed concern over the persistent 'no bed syndrome' and increasing pressure on the facility.

A communicator for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Policies and Research, Kwadwo Poku, has blamed what he calls poor attitudes among some health workers for Ghana’s recurring “no bed syndrome” in public hospitals. Speaking on the AM Show on Joy News, Mr Poku shared a personal experience to highlight what he described as weak emergency response and poor triage in some health facilities.