Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Ministry of Health


Geography
Location	Kumasi, Kumasi Metropolis, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Organisation
Care system	Ghana Health Service / NHIS Accredited
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	KATH

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in Ghana, and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region.

It was the main referral hospital for the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and northern regions of Ghana until then Tamale Regional Hospital was upgraded to Teaching hospital hence handling referrals from Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions thereby easing some pressure on it.

The hospital was built in 1954, as the Kumasi Central Hospital. It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti. It was converted into a teaching hospital in 1975 affiliated to the medical school of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The hospital is also accredited for postgraduate training by the West African College of Surgeons in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, otorhinolaryingology, ophthalmology and radiology. The hospital currently has about 1000 beds, up from the initial 500 when first built.