| Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | |
| Ministry of Health | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Kumasi, Kumasi Metropolis, Ashanti Region, Ghana |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Ghana Health Service |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1000 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.kathhsp.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Ghana |
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in the country[1] and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region. It is the main referral hospital for the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.
The hospital was built in 1954[1] as the Kumasi Central Hospital. It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti.[2] It was converted into a teaching hospital in 1975 affiliated to the medical school of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[3] The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by the West African College of Surgeons in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, otorhinolaryingology, ophthalmology and radiology[4]. The hospital currently has about 1000 beds[2], up from the initial 500 when first built.
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The hospital has clinical and non-clinical directorates.[5]