Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

20/11/2025

PRESS RELEASE

𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄.

The Management of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has noted with concern a recent publication by Fact-Check Ghana suggesting that the Ghana Health Information Management System (GI-IIMS) has not been rolled out or is not in use at the hospital. This assertion is inaccurate and does not reflect the true status of digital health implementation at CCTH.

I. GHIMS IS ACTIVELY DEPLOYED AND IN USE IN KEY CLINICAL UNITS
GHIMS has been successfully deployed and is actively being used within the hospital. At present, five (5) major clinical units are fully live on the system and using it daily for patient care, documentation, diagnostics flow, pharmacy processes. and billing.
The operational units include:
• Polyclinic OPD
• Specialist Pharmacy
• Child Health OPD
• Family Medicine OPD
• Dental, Eye and ENT Unit (DEENT)

These departments constitute some of the hospital's busiest patient service points, and their successful transition to GHIMS demonstrates the hospital's commitment to strengthening digital-enabled care.

𝟐. 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.

All additional departments earmarked for onboarding are undergoing their staff training sessions. These units are currently in the process of commencing live utilization under the supervision and support of the hospital's implementation team and technical partners.

This phased roll-out approach is intentional, ensuring:
• Full staff readiness
• Smooth workflow transition
• Minimal service disruption
• High-quality data capture from day one
At no point has any department refused, rejected. or abandoned GHIMS.

3. FACT-CHECK GHANA'S REPORT DID NOT REFLECT VERIFIED INFORMATION
The hospital wishes to clarify that Fact-Check Ghana did not contact CCTH for verification before publishing the claims. As a result, the report misrepresented the hospital's operational reality and inadvertently misled the public.
For transparency and accuracy, CCTH remains available to all media outlets, civil society institutions, and fact-checking bodies for clarification at any time.

4. OUR COMMITMENT REMAINS UNWAVERING
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital reaffirms its strong commitment to supporting the Ministry of Health's national digital transformation programme. GHIMS is a major enabler of:
• Improved clinical efficiency
• Better patient record management
• Enhanced diagnostic and pharmacy workflows
• Stronger data-driven decision-making
• Transparent billing and claims processes

CCTH will continue expanding utilization until every department is fully live and integrated, in line with national digital health standards.

Issued by:
Public Relations Officer
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital 20 November 2025

05/11/2025

𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝟯𝟬𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 – 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙊𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙞, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙪𝙢-𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙢 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙀𝙊 𝘿𝙧. 𝙀𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙆𝙤𝙛𝙞 𝙉𝙜𝙮𝙚𝙙𝙪, 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡, 𝙀𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜:

1. Presentation of the Summative Evaluation Report on the cape coast teaching hospital’s medium-term (2020 – 2025) strategic plan ex*****on/performance.
2. Business meeting to discuss the policy direction towards the design of the next medium-term strategic plan.

The report presented by the Lead Evaluator, extensively covered the following areas;

1. The introduction
2. The evaluation purpose and the evaluation questions
3. The evaluation team
4. The evaluation approach/method
5. Validity and reliability of information sources
6. Key findings of the summative evaluation
6.1 Key findings - evaluation of the strategic plan’s “relevance”
6.2 Key findings – performance impact of the strategic goals
6.3 Key findings – effectiveness of performance outcome
6.4 Effectiveness of outputs - ex*****on of strategic plan deliverables/ activities.
6.4.1 Key issues/challenges with the ex*****on of the strategic plan
6.4.2 Key lessons with the ex*****on of the strategic plan
6.5 Performance efficiency - resources (under infrastructure & equipment, financial, and human resource)
7. Sustainability of performance gains
8. The likelihood that the strategic plan achievements can be sustained in future
9. The mechanisms in place to ensure ongoing progress and sustenance of gains
10. General issues identified and recommendations
11. Key technical issues identified from the summative evaluation
12. Key technical recommendations for future strategic plans

𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 (𝘾𝙀𝙊) – 𝘿𝙧. 𝙀𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙆𝙤𝙛𝙞 𝙉𝙜𝙮𝙚𝙙𝙪 of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, on 3rd of July 2025, inaugurated an evaluation team to conduct the summative evaluation of CCTH medium-term (2020 – 2025) strategic plan ex*****on and provide evidence-based recommendations that will inform policy decisions and the design of the next strategic plan. As part of the inauguration, the evaluation team members were trained on “summative evaluation concept and the approach” by the Lead Evaluator before the commencement of the evaluation exercise.

The evaluation team is made up of;
1. The Lead Evaluator – Miss Princess Gloria Ofori (Deputy Director, Monitoring and Evaluation and Research)
2. The Evaluation Steering Committee – chaired by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu.
3. The Evaluation Technical Team

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24/07/2025

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.

The committee visited critical areas, including the 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩, 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 (𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙏) 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩, 𝙉𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩 (𝙉𝙄𝘾𝙐), 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡.

A productive meeting with hospital leadership followed, strengthening our commitment to collaborative healthcare excellence. We're grateful for their visit and look forward to working together to enhance healthcare delivery.



Parliament of Ghana
Ministry of Health, Ghana

03/07/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 (𝐂𝐂𝐓𝐇) 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The CCTH on Thursday, 3rd July 2025, successfully organized both an inauguration ceremony and a training workshop for a team of evaluators selected by management to conduct the “Summative Evaluation” of the Hospital’s Medium-Term Strategic Plan, which is ending in 2025. The evaluation team was inaugurated by the 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 – 𝑫𝒓. 𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑲𝒐𝒇𝒊 𝑵𝒈𝒚𝒆𝒅𝒖.
The evaluation team is made up of;
1. The Lead Evaluator
2. The Evaluation Steering Committee and
3. The Evaluation Technical Team.

The summative evaluation training workshop was facilitated by the Lead Evaluator – Miss Princess Gloria Ofori (Deputy Director & Head, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research at CCTH).

The training covered the following areas;
1. Everything about conducting a summative evaluation of a medium-term strategic plan
2. Key points to note as an evaluator
3. Understanding the data reporting system at CCTH
4. Planning with evaluation in focus
5. Benefit of summative evaluation
6. Purpose of this evaluation exercise
7. Key evaluation criteria
8. Key evaluation question that must be answered during the assessment
9. Stakeholders identification and analysis for summative evaluation
10. Key performance indicator for summative evaluation
11. Understanding performance indicators and use of proxies
12. The evaluation approach
13. Detailed methodology for the summative evaluation
14. The evaluation framework designed for the assessment
15. Writing of evaluation report

16/05/2025

Huge congratulations to our outstanding midwife, Mad. Grace Acquah, on being crowned Best Midwife of the year.

Your tireless dedication, compassion, and expertise in maternal health have positively impacted numerous lives.

We celebrate your remarkable achievement and unwavering commitment to delivering top-notch care to our community.

YƐMA WO AYEKOO GRACE, MBO NA EDWUMA!!

05/03/2025

On Thursday, February 27, 2025, the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) held its annual performance review under the theme: "Advancing Care with a Resilient System and Effective Stakeholders' Engagement."

The event provided a platform to evaluate the hospital's achievements, address challenges, and develop strategies for improving healthcare delivery.

The review was chaired by Prof. Sebastian Eliason of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) School of Medical Sciences. In attendance were Hon. Eduamoah Ekow Payin Okyere, Central Regional Minister, and Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe, CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), alongside heads of various Sub-BMCs of CCTH, hospital staff, and key stakeholders.

Representatives from the following institutions also participated:

Ministry of Health (MOH)
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)
Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH)
Sunyani Teaching Hospital (STH)
University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC)
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS)

Management expresses heartfelt appreciation to all participants for their invaluable contributions to this significant review.

18/12/2024

KOFIH Donates State-of-the-Art Laparoscopic Equipment to CCTH.

The Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), dedicated to enhancing global healthcare by supporting partner countries, has equipped the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) with a substantial quantity of advanced laparoscopic surgery equipment for its inaugural surgeries on five individuals.

With the support from the Community Chest of Korea, a Non-Governmental Organization, the equipment included Kalr storz, a laparoscopic tower, capacity monitor, screens, processors, light source, insufflator, and diathermy machines.

This benevolent act followed months of comprehensive training on laparoscopic equipment and surgeries for doctors, nurses, and biomedical engineers.
The training sessions emphasized fundamental concepts of laparoscopic surgeries, equipment operation and surgical procedures.

Since 2013, KOFIH has actively engaged in various projects across the country, including maternal and child health initiatives, medical device management, rehabilitation programs for children with disabilities, and enhancing laparoscopic surgery capabilities. The organization has organized invitational training programs through the Dr. LEE Jong-Wook Fellowship program in Korea for healthcare professionals.

Laparoscopic surgeries are minimally invasive surgical procedures used to examine and treat conditions primarily in the abdomen or pelvis. It involves small incisions (0.5–1.5 cm) through which a laparoscope—a thin tube with a camera—is inserted, allowing real-time visualization of internal organs on a monitor.

This technique can diagnose health conditions such as abdominal pain, tumors, and organ diseases, and enables interventions like the removal of a small tissue sample from the body for examination under a microscope (biopsies). Generally, this process reduces pain, shortens recovery time, and minimizes scarring compared to traditional open surgery, notwithstanding rare risks such as bleeding, infection, and potential organ damage.

During the equipment handover, Mr. Bomin Yang, KOFIH Ghana Country Representative, emphasized the significance of this gesture, marking a substantial step in augmenting the surgical capacity of the facility to enhance healthcare standards. He underscored the transformative impact of laparoscopic surgery on modern medicine, expressing his hope that this state-of-the-art equipment will not only elevate the quality of medical services but also enhance the expertise of healthcare professionals at CCTH.

He expressed his gratitude to the hospital leadership and staff for their unwavering dedication to patient care and their ongoing partnership.

Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu, while appealing for increased support, assured of his commitment to supporting initiatives that promote sustainable enhancements in healthcare delivery.

He elaborated that in January 2024, KOFIH entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CCTH to bolster the hospital’s capacity to provide high-quality medical services. Specifically, the aim was to enhance the capability for laparoscopic surgery to improve operational efficiency and optimize patient bed management, thereby reducing hospital stays. Furthermore, KOFIH facilitated comprehensive training for healthcare professionals at CCTH.

18/12/2024