Mwin Tuba Hospital and Colo-Proctology Centre Limited

15/12/2025

MWIN TUBA HOSPITAL CONTINUES IN SETTING THE PACE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL PRACTICE AND TRAINING IN GHANA.

Gastro- Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is an uncomfortable and distressing illness. It is a common disease which is treated medically in its early stages. In its advanced stages, surgery becomes the most effective means to treat it.

Laparoscopic Fundoplication is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). It involves wrapping the gastric fundus around the lower oesophagus. It does not involve making a cut in any part of the gastrointestinal tract.

The open Fundoplication to treat GERD is not justified when the laparoscopic means of treating this disease is available.

At Mwin Tuba Hospital, Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication is the default surgical approach in treating GERD. The open approach has been banned.

Patients after laparoscopic surgery assume oral feeding within 24hrs after surgery and are discharged on the second post operative day.

Mwin Tuba Hospital & Colo-Proctology Centre is resolute in her leadership role in advancing laparoscopic surgery in Ghana as all abdominal surgical procedures are done laparoscopically in this hospital today unless contraindicated, and that has brought a lot of relief to many patients.

On 13/12/2025 the hospital performed her fifth laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication on a 52-year old woman with troublesome GERD from grade II hiatus hernia.

This incredible feat of surgical success was undertaken by Dr Theodore Wordui (lead laparoscopic surgeon), Dr Sandra Tsatsu (consultant surgeon), Dr Isabella Dakubo (trainee surgeon), Dr Divine Kwami (Consultant Anaesthetist), Mr Stafford Tackie, (Anaesthesia Assistant). The others are Mr Emmanuel Tampah-Naah (Principal Peri-operative nurse), Freda Brako (Assistant theatre/ circulating nurse), John Tandoh (operating room assistant), and Prof Dakubo performing a supervising role only.

Mwin Tuba Hospital performed her first laparoscopic surgery on 31st May, 2025 and has then continued to perform laparoscopic surgeries for most abdominal conditions till date, performing the following procedures multiple times: Sleeve Gastrectomy for weight reduction, Partial gastrectomy for gastric cancer, Nissen Fundoplication, Heller’s Oesophago- cardio-myotomy, Colectomy, Intersphincteric resection of re**um, excision of renal cysts and hepatic cysts and Cholecystectomy.

With this feat, the hospital stands out as the only hospital in Ghana today with the capacity to perform most abdominal surgical procedures laparoscopically.

This gives the hospital good work load upon which it leverages on in training laparoscopic surgeons for Ghana.

If it can be done closed, why open?

PROF JONATHAN CB DAKUBO

21/11/2025

We are still making noise on colore**al cancer. You are not alone and we are here to help you. All you need to do is to reach out. Colore**al cancer is not a death sentence. Let’s demistify this myth. **alcancerawareness

27/10/2025

As part of a commitment to community health and cancer prevention, Mwin Tuba Hospital partnered with Merton & Everett LLP for a free breast cancer screening service to their staff.

Free breast cancer screening and a discounted pap smear is still available at the hospital to till the end of the month

27/10/2025

24/10/2025

There are several myths about breast cancer circulating all over social media. How many do you know of? Here are some myths with their accurate facts.

Tell us in the comment section about other myths you have heard of.

22/10/2025

We are still creating awareness on breast cancer. Remember that early breast cancer is painless. A generally healthy lifestyle is protective. Let’s safeguard our health. 🎀

15/10/2025

Free breast screening as well as Pap smears at a reduced cost are still ongoing on the hospital’s premises. Reminder; do not wait until it’s too late. Breast cancer is curable when detected early. Help us kick breast cancer in the butt. Early detection saves lives.
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13/10/2025

02/10/2025

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Merton & Everett LLP is proud to partner with the Mwin Tuba Hospital and Colo-Proctology Centre Limited to support women’s health. The Mwin Tuba Hospital and Colo-Proctology Centre Limited is offering the following:
Free Breast Cancer Screenings from 1st to 31st October.
Discounted Pap Smears from 1st to 31st October.

Early detection saves lives , take charge of your health today.

01/10/2025

17/08/2025

Kindly take note of our clinic dates. For more enquiries, contact us on 0244581541/0554655930.

07/07/2025

IMPROVING LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY UPTAKE IN GHANA.

The uptake of laparoscopy as the first choice approach in colore**al surgery in Ghana is very low, it is zero compared with over 90% in the developed countries, as patients are offered the traditional open approach which they accept without a choice. It was to help address this state of affairs that in May this year, Mwin Tuba Hospital & Colo-Proctology Centre confidently declared that she was going full scale on laparoscopic colore**al and other abdominal surgeries.

From then, the laparoscopic surgery consortium of the hospital has steadily broken boundaries with their continued expansion on the types of cases they perform laparoscopically. They are bursting the seams; are in the vanguard to improve the uptake of laparoscopic colore**al surgery in Ghana.

Ayekoo to this team for their incredible zeal and resilience, and for their unwavering push to establish laparoscopic surgery as the default surgical approach for all abdominal procedures.

Laparoscopic surgery is the modern approach in abdominal surgery as it puts less stress on the surgical team and the patient who recovers quickly. With the right logistics and support it is very simple to perform.

Since their first laparoscopic surgery which was performed at the hospital on 31/06/2025, the consortium has demonstrated prowess in operating on the gallbladder, stomach, right colon, left colon and re**um with outstanding success, and all their patients, except the gastric and re**al cases, went home on post operative day three and continued to be in good health.

The successes of this marvelous team of locally brewed laparoscopic surgeons tells a great story. The delay in improving the uptake of laparoscopic surgery in Ghana has been a concern to general surgeons in the country.

Three factors have hindered the development of laparoscopic surgical practice in Ghana, namely, lack of a formal training programme in laparoscopic surgery in the country, lack of equipment for laparoscopic surgery in many hospitals and the cost of laparoscopic surgery. These are easy to solve problems and Mwin Tuba Hospital & Colo-Proctology Centre is at the forefront with this team in addressing them.

Accredited as a satellite training centre for colore**al surgeons at their highest level of training (Fellowship and Post-Fellowship) in this country, Mwin Tuba Hospital & Colo- Proctology Centre is leaving no stone unturned to fulfill this mandate to its highest possible accomplishment. The hospital has assiduously continued to provide all equipment and tools to facilitate the delivery of high quality and safe surgery that consistently meets contemporary best practices and benchmarks, and laparoscopic surgery is the most recent addition.

The hospital is currently implementing its level three laparoscopic surgery training programme (advanced laparoscopy training model) for trainees who are having hands-on experience in the operating room. The first two levels of the training programme that the Centre is still working on which are to start soon are the Basic level, which is a dry laboratory model, and the Intermediate level, which is the wet laboratory model.

Congratulations to Dr Theodore Wordui, (leader and chief trainer of the laparoscopic surgery consortium), Drs Philemon Kumassah, Sandra Tsatsu, Narious Naalane, Maurice Duodonu, Isabella Dakubo, Bless-Michael Bonney, Anna Doris Blackson-Darko and Divine Kwami.

The other members who complete the team are Emmanuel Tapaa-Naah, Sheilla Abena Ewura Brown, Alice Bugri, and Prof Jonathan CB Dakubo who is a co-trainer and also coordinates/supervises the activities of the team.

If it can be done closed why open?

Laparoscopy: the benchmark in Colore**al surgery must become the first choice for every patient who has to undergo colore**al surgery in Ghana.

Prof Jonathan CB Dakubo