Ho Teaching Hospital Explained

Ho Teaching Hospital
Org/Group:	Ministry of Health
Location:	Ho
Region:	Volta
Country:	Ghana
Healthcare:	Public - Ghana Health Service

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.

Directorates

The 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

• Internal Medicine
• Surgical
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Child Health
• Public health

See also

• List of hospitals in the Volta Region

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 March 2017 . Volta Regional Hospital, To Become Ho Teaching Hospital .
2. Web site: volta regional hospital now teaching hospital - Google Search. www.google.com. 2020-02-01.
3. Web site: Hospitals in Ghana. www.ghanaweb.com. 4 December 2011.
4. Web site: President Mahama declares Ho Teaching Hospital a teaching hospital . 5 March 2017.
5. Web site: Home. Ho Teaching Hospital. en-US. 2019-06-29.