The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has appointed Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the institution.
Ghgossip spotted a letter from the Presidency wrote to the Minister of Health, signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President which was made know of the new appointment.
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“The President of the Republic has nominated Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah for appointment as the Chief Executive of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.”
The Presidency further aimed the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, to take the “necessary steps to regularise the said appointment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Ghana Health Service and the Teaching Hospitals Act, 1996 (Act 525).”
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Dr. Ampomah takes over from Dr. Daniel Asare whose tenure of office ended on September 3, 2020.
“The Board of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital wishes to inform its cherished staff and the general public that the term of office of Dr. Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hospital, comes to an end with effect from 3rd September 2020,” the Board of the Hospital added in an earlier statement.
In a statement, signed by the Acting Board Chairman of the Hospital, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, asked Dr. Ali Samba, the Director of Medical Affairs, to act as CEO of the hospital until a substantive appointment is made.
Source: ghgossip.com
