Tamale Teaching Hospital | |
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Ministry of Health | |
Geography | |
Location | Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana |
Coordinates | 9°23′36″N 0°49′25″W / 9.393273°N 0.823513°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public - Ghana Health Service |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University for Development Studies |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1974[1] |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Ghana |
The Tamale Teaching Hospital is a teaching hospital in Tamale in the Northern region and the third largest hospital in Ghana. It serves as a referral hospital for the five northern regions of Ghana.[2] The main hospital in Northern Ghana is 2 km southeast of town. It cooperates with the University for Development Studies in Northern Ghana to offer undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine, nursing, and nutrition. It is the third teaching hospital in Ghana after the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.[1]
The northern region of Ghana's tertiary referral centre is Tamale Teaching Hospital. With a total population of 5,203,838. it serves the five northern areas of Ghana (Northern Region, Savanah Region, North East Region, Upper East Region, and Upper West Region). The Tamale metropolitan is home to the University for Development Studies, the School of Medicine, and the Tamale Teaching Hospital. There are an estimated 612,000 people living in the city.[3]
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