Korle Bu introduces new services
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced plans to conduct new medical procedures that are rarely done in the country.
The procedures are part of the new services the hospital intends to introduce this year.
They are organ, liver and BM transplantation; Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) such as IVF; Continous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT); plasmapheresis, which is a lifesaving procedure that enables the treatment of autoimmune conditions such as lupus, as well as selected kidney and blood disorders through plasma filtration; SPECT CT and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which is a procedure that combines upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and X-rays to find and treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts.
CRRT is a type of dialysis used in very ill patients, usually in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is a slow and continuous form of dialysis that runs 24 hours a day to help the kidneys function when they have failed.
The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam, who announced this last Thursday at the 2025 annual performance review of the hospital, said in the case of the plasmapheresis, approval had been granted for the hospital to obtain the appropriate resources for its rollout, adding that the procedure would be beneficial to many of their patients.
For ART, he said, the hospital had made progress in the provision of advanced specialist care services and, therefore, concrete steps had been taken towards the rollout of the IVF.
On tissue transplantation, Dr Adam said the institution was scaling up kidney transplants to make them routine monthly operations.
He said the hospital had successfully performed two kidney transplants, with both recipients and donors having fully recovered and doing well.
Corporate clinic
Dr Adam further announced plans by the hospital to establish a corporate clinic, explaining that in response to growing demand from reputable corporate institutions seeking executive healthcare services, the hospital was developing that premium service model to meet that need.
Dr Adam mentioned the infrastructural improvements that had taken place in the hospital within the review period, including the acquisition of power generators to serve critical clinical areas and a dedicated standby generator for the mortuary; a water farm for uninterrupted water supply; replacement of elevators; restructuring of the mortuary and the renovation of the outpatient and 24-hour pharmacies.
The Director of Medical Affairs of the hospital, Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere, mentioned the top 10 surgical procedures recorded at the obstetrics and gynaecology department of the hospital during the review period to include Caesarian section, MVA, myomectomy and exploratory laparotomy, while for the eye department, the top 10 surgical cases included cataract extraction; retina/par planar vitrectomy; trabeculectomy (glaucoma); cornea repair; examination under anaesthesia and pterygium excision.
The CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, who represented the teaching hospitals in the country, commended KBTH for its unwavering commitment to excellence, patient care, training and research, which had set a high standard for tertiary health care in the country.
The Board Chairman of KBTH, Professor Titus Kofi Beyuo, expressed the commitment of management, the board, and the government to ensuring that the hospital remained a centre of excellence.
