The West End Hospital is a 40-bed private health care facility in
Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...
,
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. It is popularly known as the "
Kwakye-Maafo Hospital" because of its distinguished services in fertility, obstetrics and gynaecology by the founder,
Dr. J.K. Kwakye-Maafo, a medical practitioner and former president of the
Ghana Medical Association.
History
West End Hospital (named after the famous
Westend Klinikum in West Berlin, Germany) was established in 1978 as a
clinic
A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...
. By 1985 it had grown into a hospital providing various
in-patient
A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health car ...
and
out-patient services to the
Kumasi metropolis in the
Ashanti region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
of Ghana. It is located at Patasi, opposite the police depot in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. It has over 40 staff.
Departments and facilities
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General medicine
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Paediatrics
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General surgery
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Obstetrics and gynaecology/
ultrasound
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ECG services
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EPI programmes
* MCH services
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* Family planning
Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marita ...
/voluntary counselling
* Pharmaceutical services
* Laboratory and diagnostic services
* Healthcare services training
See also
* Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital also known as GEE for it heavy equipments (KATH) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in Ghana, and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region.
History
It was the mai ...
* National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana)
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established by the government of Ghana in 2003. The program was a form of national health insurance established to provide equitable access and financial coverage for basic health care services to G ...
* List of hospitals in Ghana
References
External links
West End Hospital official website
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Hospital buildings completed in 1978
Hospitals established in 1978
Hospitals in Ghana
Ashanti Region