Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

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Location
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Ministry of Health

Place	Accra Accra Metropolis District, Greater Accra Region, (Ghana)
Organisation
Care System	Public - Ghana Health Service
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated University	University of Ghana Medical School
Services
Emergency Dept.	Yes
Beds	1600^[1]
History
Founded	9 October 1923^[2]
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Ghana

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is the primary health care facility in Ghana. It is the only tertiary hospital in the southern part of Ghana and it is also a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana .

1 History
2 Institutions
3 Centres of Excellence
4 Notes
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The hospital was founded in 1923.^[1]^[3] as the Gold Coast Hospital. The then Governor, Gordon Guggisberg laid the foundation for Korle Bu Hospital in 1921, and it was finally opened on 9 October 1923.^[2] The hospital has expanded in phases and now has 1600 beds.^[1]A statue of Gordon Guggisberg was put up in front of the old administration building of the hospital on its 50th anniversary.^[4]

In 2007, funded by the World Bank and the Minstry of Health, Ghana the standby power system to Korle-Bu was replaced after 3 years of no central backup supply. The expanded system of 3mVA provides power to the whole of Korle-Bu Hospital and was opened by the Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (retd) and Mr G Asiedu of G&J Technical Services on June 6th 2007 (Daily Graphic (Ghana)).

[edit] Institutions

The hospital has a very large campus and has expanded to host a number of institutions. The list includes the following:

University of Ghana Medical School
University of Ghana Dental School
Nurses Training College
Midwifery Training School
Ghana Medical Association
School of Medical Laboratory Technology
School of hygiene
School of Radiology
School of Allied Health Sciences

[edit] Centres of Excellence

National Cardiothoracic Centre
National Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Radiotherapy Centre

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Govindaraj, Ramesh; A.A.D. Obuobi, N.K.A. Enyimayew, P. Antwi, S. Ofosu-Amaah (August 1996). Hospital Autonomy in Ghana: The Experience of Korle Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals (PDF). Data for Decision Making Project. School of Public Health, University of Ghana and Harvard School of Public Health. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
^ ^a ^b Gold Coast under Colonial Rule 1902-1951. History of Ghana:Gold Coast era. BusinessGhana. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
^ Founder of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Korle Bu Neuroscience Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
^ Daniel Guggisberg. Statue Dedication. The British Empire : Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg. Stephen Luscombe. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.