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GMA confirms overcrowding at Korle Bu emergency centre, calls for urgent reforms
The Ghana Medical Association has confirmed reports of overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, following the circulation of...
Health Minister reaffirms commitment to ending ‘No Bed Syndrome’ after Korle Bu visit
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured the public of the government’s resolve to tackle the persistent “no bed syndrome” challenge in...
Korle Bu interdicts two doctors and two nurses over alleged negligence
Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has interdicted two medical doctors and two nurses over their alleged failure to provide emergency medical care...
National Ambulance Service CEO pays courtesy call on Korle Bu Teaching Hospital management
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Dr. George Kojo Owusu, has led a high-level delegation to pay a strategic courtesy...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Six health unions oppose extension of Korle Bu CEO’s tenure
Six unions have petitioned the Health Ministry against an extension of Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah's tenure as Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Korle Bu Teaching...
Korle Bu Allied Health Professionals to suspend outpatient services amid management dispute
The Korle Bu Chapter of the Federation of Allied Health Professionals will suspend outpatient services at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital starting Friday, August 2,...
Korle Bu Allied Health Professionals to suspend outpatient services over governance dispute
The Korle Bu Chapter of the Federation of Allied Health Professionals has announced that it will suspend outpatient services at the Korle Bu Teaching...
Cancer patients face treatment delays at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Cancer patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital are encountering prolonged delays and suspended appointments as the hospital's sole radiotherapy machine struggles to keep up...
Korle Bu clarifies reports on cancellation of surgeries
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has dismissed reports that surgeries which were scheduled for Monday, 29 April 2024, were cancelled due to power outage...
Wendy Shay blesses Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on her birthday
Award-winning Ghanaian songstress, Wendy Shay celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, February 20.
On this special day, she decided to extend a helping hand to the...
Korle Bu Renal Unit faces imminent shutdown
The renal dialysis unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is warning of a possible shutdown due to the facility's inability to raise money...