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Ghana Medical Trust Fund pays GH¢1.14m for life-saving heart surgeries for children at Korle...

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund has provided GH¢1,141,500 to support life-saving heart surgeries for eight children receiving treatment at the National Cardiothoracic Centre of...

Allied Health Professionals at Korle Bu call off strike after management assurances

Allied Health Professionals at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have suspended their planned strike action following assurances from hospital management to address their concerns. The...

Korle Bu lab workers embark on strike

Medical laboratory professionals at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have begun a phased industrial action that threatens to disrupt healthcare delivery, with a full shutdown...

Disqualified NPP delegates clash with constituency chairman, attack Joy News journalist at Korle Bu...

Tension flared at the Korle Bu Police Station polling centre in the Ablekuma South Constituency on Saturday when two disqualified delegates confronted the constituency...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund supports cervical cancer screening campaign at Korle Bu

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has reaffirmed its commitment to women’s health by supporting a partnership between the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology...

First Sky Group commits over GH¢51m to dialysis care at Korle Bu

The Founder and Executive Chairman of the First Sky Group of Companies, Eric Seddy Kutortse, has disclosed that his company has spent more than...

MTN Ghana spreads Christmas cheer at Korle Bu, donates 150 baby hampers

MTN Ghana has put smiles on the faces of nursing mothers at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra after donating 150 baby...

Korle Bu to hold mass burial for 320 unclaimed bodies

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced plans to undertake a mass burial of unclaimed, unknown, and unidentified bodies currently at...

Adentan Knights, ladies of Marshall donate to Korle Bu Breast cancer unit

Council 94 and Court 90, Adentan of the Noble Order of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, has made a cash donation to the...

Bawumia settles bills for sick children at Korle Bu on his birthday [Photos]

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in a special way by covering the medical bills of...

Nearly 300 skilled health workers leave Korle Bu in first half of 2025 –...

Close to 300 highly skilled and specialised health workers have left the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital between January and June 2025 in search of...

Korle Bu CEO urges Parliament to fast-track organ harvesting legislation

The Chief Executive of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Yakubu Seidu Adam, has called on Parliament to expedite the passage of legislation on organ...

AMA boss orders traders along Korle Bu stretch to relocate 

The Mayor of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Michael Kpakpo Allotey has directed traders operating along the Korle Bu stretch to move into the designated...

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital sees 700 cancer cases annually

Africa records over 24,000 new cancer cases annually, with Korle Bu Teaching Hospital documenting 700 cases each year since 2005. Dr Hannah Naa Gogwe Ayettey,...

Fire guts Korle Bu medical laboratory building [Photos]

A ravaging fire gutted the Korle Bu Medical School's medical laboratory buildings on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The inferno affected the Accounts Office, Stores, Administration,...

Mother’s Day: Lordina Mahama supports mothers at Korle Bu

Ghana’s First Lady, Lordina Mahama, marked this year’s Mother’s Day with a heartfelt visit to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where she spent time...

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital warns against theft of oxygen supply pipes

The acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr. Frank Owusu Sekyere, has issued a stern warning against the theft...

Apostolic Empowerment Ministries, Tima Kumkum Foundation offer vital support to children at Korle Bu...

Valentine’s Day is often associated with chocolates, flowers and romantic gestures, but for the children at the Korle Bu Child Health Department, February 14,...

Physically challenged man found dead at Korle Bu traffic light [Photos]

A physically challenged man believed to be in his 50s was found dead Friday morning at the Korle Bu traffic light opposite the Bukom...

Korle Bu temporarily suspends acceptance of dead bodies

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced a six-week suspension on the acceptance of fresh bodies and Brought-in-Dead (BID) cases as it refurbishes...

Methodist Church supports children with cancer at Korle Bu

In a touching display of compassion, the Children’s Ministry Office of the Methodist Church Ghana, Accra Diocese, has made a heartfelt donation of essential...

Akufo-Addo commissions Urology and Nephrology Center at Korle Bu

President Akufo-Addo on Friday, October 18, 2024, inaugurated a state-of-the-art Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, marking a major step...

Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere to act as Korle Bu CEO 

The Board of Directors of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KATH) has appointed Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere to act as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This...

Dialysis services underfunded despite fee increase – Korle bu CEO

Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has highlighted the critical shortage of funds for dialysis sessions, despite patients...

Surgical department elevator wasn’t fixed because of Akandoh’s visit – Korle Bu CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has refuted allegations that a malfunctioning elevator in the hospital’s...
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Korle Bu repairs surgery department elevator after Akandoh’s 24-hour ultimatum

The malfunctioning elevator in the Department of Surgery at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has been promptly repaired after the Ranking Member of Parliament’s...
Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Ranking Member - Parliament Select Committee on Health

We demand urgent fixing of faulty lifts – Akandoh fumes after storming Korle Bu

It was near chaos at the Surgery Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) after the Minority spokesperson on Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, stormed...

Akandoh prevented from inspecting lift at Korle Bu’s surgical department [Video]

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has reportedly been denied access to the Department of Surgery at the Korle Bu...

Korle Bu has not suspended emergency surgeries due to broken down elevator – Management

The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has denied reports suggesting that it had suspended emergency surgeries at the surgical department due...
Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, CEO of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Korle Bu CEO urges immediate action to stop exodus of health workers

The CEO of Ghana's premier referral hospital, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Opoku Ampomah, has raised concerns about the increasing number of doctors and...
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Korle Bu suspends elective surgeries, relocates emergency cases

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced the suspension of elective surgeries and the temporary relocation of emergency cases due to ongoing issues...

Dr. Opoku Ware clarifies Korle Bu’s ‘no bed syndrome’ [Audio]

Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah has addressed the common misconception surrounding the "no bed syndrome" at the...
Group of doctors performing the first Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery at the UGMC

Check out how many surgeries Korle Bu performs every year [Listen]

The Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has shared some impressive statistics about the institution. Describing Korle Bu as...

There were lots of leakages before I took over  – Korle Bu CEO [Listen]

Chief Executive Officer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has said there has been significant changes and improvements under his leadership. In...

Korle Bu refutes allegations of 20 renal patient deaths

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has firmly denied recent media reports claiming the deaths of 20 renal patients and outstanding debts to suppliers. In...

We’ll clear consumables for renal patients stuck at Tema port soon – Korle Bu

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has promised to soon clear all consumables for renal patients, currently stuck at the port. The assurance follows...

Renal patients at Korle Bu vow to picket over uncleared consumables at Tema Port

The Renal Patients Association at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has expressed frustration over the government's delayed response in clearing essential dialysis consumables stuck at...

Korle Bu secures 30 new dialysis machines

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has procured 30 additional dialysis machines for the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The new machines, which have their own consumables...

Korle Bu dialysis centre to begin full operations next week

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has assured the dialysis centre will resume full operations next week. In a press release, management said it has...

Korle Bu dialysis unit closure leaves patients in crisis

The Korle Bu Dialysis Unit has been closed for almost two weeks, leaving patients in urgent need of care with no choice but to...