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KATH Takes Delivery Of 3 Dialysis Machines
22 May

KATH Takes Delivery Of 3 Dialysis Machines

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The Management of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi yesterday took delivery of three brand new dialysis machines from Nivaansh MediQas Ghana Limited, dealers in medical equipment, devices, and consumables. This increases the number of machines at the Dialysis Unit of the hospital to five. KATH is currently expanding its Dialysis Unit to cater for the increasing number of patients with kidney issues. Presenting the machines to the facility, the Managing Director of Nivaansh MediQas Ghana Limited, Vishal Kaul, said the company would be monitoring the performance of the machines and also offer two years’ warranty. Aside from that, he…
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Doctors At KATH To Embark On Indefinite Strike
12 Mar

Doctors At KATH To Embark On Indefinite Strike

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Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are threatening to embark on an indefinite strike. This is due to plans to move them out of their residences at Danyame in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. The Chairman of the Komfo Anokye Doctors Association, Dr. Michael Leat confirmed on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Tuesday that they had been given one-week ultimatum to vacate the premises without any resettlement plans. A letter jointly signed by various consultants and specialists at KATH expressed their grievances regarding the eviction notice served to them. The doctors have given government a three-day ultimatum…
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Otumfuo Leads KATH $10m Fundraising
07 Nov

Otumfuo Leads KATH $10m Fundraising

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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will launch a $10 million fundraising drive for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s (KATH’s) reconstruction project on Friday, November 10, 2023. The renovation project, which is dubbed: “Heal Komfo Anokye Hospital Project,” has become necessary due to the continuous deterioration of the hospital buildings constructed 70 years ago. Already, management of the hospital has done an initial assessment of the refurbished works to be done on the four blocks, with the cost put at $10 million by the Public Works Department. Sammy Adu Boakye, Chairman of the Heal Komfo Anokye Hospital Project Committee, stated…
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“Accept Early Death As Imminent” Doctors Tell Children Suffering From Kidney Diseases
26 May

“Accept Early Death As Imminent” Doctors Tell Children Suffering From Kidney Diseases

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"Accept Early Death As Imminent” Doctors Tell Children Suffering From Kidney Diseases The head of Child Health Department at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Professor Sampson Antwi, has revealed that, children who suffer from chronic kidney disease are often counseled to accept early death as imminent since their parents cannot afford the dialysis treatment cost. He said that, averagely 150 children suffer from the kidney disease annually. Professor Antwi told Wontumi Communications' Nana Owusu Achiaw that, 25-40 children out of the 150 children suffer from the chronic kidney disease. He enumerated that, the types of kidney disease that attack children…
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