Health News of Friday, 18 March 2016

Source: starrfmonline.com

Korle Bu reopens three surgical clinics

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalKorle Bu Teaching Hospital

The three surgical clinics which were shut down at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in February will re-open for business Monday, March 21, 2016.

The rehabilitated clinics under the Department of Surgery are Urology Clinic, General Surgery Clinic and Neurosurgery Clinic.

They were closed down “to allow for work to be completed” in some of the theaters and recovery wards at the Department of Surgery that has been re-equipped to improve the quality of care.

“The hospital wishes to acknowledge the cooperation and support of its patients, the general public, the Ministry of Heath, sister hospitals in the metropolis and staff of the hospital”, a statement signed by the spokesperson of the premier hospital Mustapha Salifu noted.

The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier health care facility in Ghana. It is the only tertiary hospital in the southern part of Ghana. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana. Three centres of excellence, the National Cardiothoracic Centre, the National Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Radiotherapy Centres are all part of it.