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Korle-Bu conducts 3 to 5 fibroid surgeries daily

September 5, 2016 11:52 am Add a Comment

Dr Theodore Boafor, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has disclosed that the medical entity conducts three to five fibroid surgeries daily. He said fibroid cases are on the increase, and the statistics show that one out of every three … Read more →

PHOTO: Fake medical student arrested at Korle Bu

July 30, 2015 7:28 am Add a Comment

A 25-year-old unemployed man was yesterday arrested for allegedly posing as a medical student doing his housemanship at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The fake doctor, identified as Ibrahim Nurudeen, was arrested while he was in an apparel … Read more →

Korle Bu: 4 employees sacked over GHc900,000 fraud

June 19, 2015 8:15 am Add a Comment

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Board has terminated with immediate effect, the appointment of some of its employees due to what it described as “gross incompetence and dereliction of duty in the management and day-to-day operations” of its pharmacy. Following a forensic … Read more →

STATEMENT: Korle Bu increases service charges

June 1, 2015 8:58 am Add a Comment

Patients who visit the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital from today [June 1] should be prepared to pay more for some services it renders to patients. According to statement from the hospital, Parliament has “approved for Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including … Read more →

Korle Bu facing imminent shutdown

August 14, 2014 8:43 am 1 Comment

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital may have to close its doors to patients due to a financial crisis which the Senior Staff Association of the Hospital say looms. The association has petitioned the Health Minister to intervene to prevent a … Read more →

GH?140,000 financial malfeasance hits Korle-Bu

July 23, 2014 7:10 am Add a Comment

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) was in 2013 deprived of GH?140,776.30 meant for development projects, according to an interim forensic audit report done on the pharmacy department of the hospital. The audit, which covered the period between January 2012 and … Read more →

Korle-Bu faces shortage of drug

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Pregnant women in labour at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital at risk of life-threatening complications as the facility runs out of magnesium sulphate – an essential drug for stabilizing pre-eclampsia: a rare but severe condition that causes seizures during pregnancy Joy … Read more →

Health Minister fires Korle-bu boss

July 9, 2014 6:23 am Add a Comment

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Board has been directed by the Ministry of Health to revert the acting Chief Executive, Rev Albert Okpoti Botwe to his position as a board member. Subsequently, the board has been asked to appoint the … Read more →

Korle-Bu staff asks CEO to step down

June 24, 2014 1:16 pm Add a Comment

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Senior Staff Association (KOSSA) has called on the acting chief executive, and the board chairman of the hospital to step down with immediate effect. The ultimatum comes in the wake of allegations of mismanagement of … Read more →

3-year-old rape victim fights for life at Korle-Bu

June 11, 2014 6:46 am Add a Comment

Doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital are working round the clock to save the life of a three-year-old girl who was defiled by a 25-year-old galamsey operator at Daboase in the Western Region. As a result of the attack, the … Read more →