Ho Teaching Hospital formerly Volta Regional Hospital and popularly known as Trafalgar[1] is the regional and teaching hospital in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana.[2] It was the main referral facility in the Volta Region until it was upgraded to a teaching hospital in 2019 to serve the University of Health and Allied Sciences.[3][4] It was commissioned as a Teaching Hospital by the Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu on 29 April 2019 after the Hospital went through strenuous accreditation process by all the Health Professional Regulatory Bodies and the Health Facilities Regulatory Authority in Ghana.
Ho Teaching Hospital | |
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Ministry of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Ho, Volta, Ghana |
Coordinates | 6°36′05″N 0°29′03″E / 6.60126°N 0.48404°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public - Ghana Health Service |
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Lists | Hospitals in Ghana |
Directorates
editThe facility has seven (7) directorates that help the facility achieve its vision of becoming "The Premium Hospital in Innovative Tertiary Health Care, Medical Education and Research"[5]
- Medical Affairs
- Administration & Support Services
- Nursing Administration
- Human Resources
- Research, Innovation, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Finance
- Pharmacy
Clinical departments
edit- Internal Medicine
- Surgical
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Child Health
- Public health
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Volta Regional Hospital, To Become Ho Teaching Hospital". 5 March 2017.
- ^ "volta regional hospital now teaching hospital - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Hospitals in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "President Mahama declares Ho Teaching Hospital a teaching hospital". 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Home". Ho Teaching Hospital. Retrieved 29 June 2019.