Komfo Anokye Emergency centre resumes admission of dire cases
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced the resumption of admission of dire emergency cases at its Accident and Emergency Centre after a temporary halt in the receipt of new cases due to what the management said was an "extreme congestion."
The 37-bed capacity centre had 61 patients on admission with 34 others in waiting when the hospital announced a 24-hour pause on new cases on Tuesday evening.
Giving an update on the situation in an interview in Kumasi on Wednesday, the Head of Public Affairs at the hospital, Kwame Frimpong, explained that the resumption of admissions was due to the diversion of "not so critical cases" to peripheral health facilities and the discharge of some inpatients at the hospital.
He said at a crunch meeting on Tuesday evening [June 2, 2026] between the hospital, the leadership of the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate and its Medical Superintendents, a number of measures were agreed on to help decongest the centre.
"One of the measures was the retention of non-dire emergency cases at the peripheral and district hospitals to be managed with the support of specialists and consultants at KATH so that the A&E Centre can concentrate on the most critical of emergencies", he stated.
He said a whatsapp platform for the coordination of admissions and management of emergency cases in the region has been created to address the situation.
