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The members of the board include Mr. Mahmoud Hamid (Chairman), Dr. David Zawumya Kolbilla, Prof. Francis A. Abantanga, Mr. George A. Atampugre, Dr. Abass Adam, Mrs. Dangnikuu Evelyn-Eda. Others are Mr. Kuuri Karim, Pham. Hamid Abdulai, Nana Agyei Mensah, Justice Eric Baah and Clara Tia Sulemana.
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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
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The hospital was established in 1974 and was formerly known as the Tamale Regional Hospital. It was to provide various health care services to the people of the three Northern regions of Ghana namely, the Northern,
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and Teaching Hospitals Act of 1996. The stipulations of the mandate empowers the hospital to function in three critical areas namely, the provision of advanced clinical health services, supporting the training of
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in Northern Ghana to offer undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine, nursing, and nutrition. It is the third teaching hospital in Ghana after the
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and their mothers. It also contains office spaces as well as students' learning areas. The hospital secured a dedicated power cable from
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and his wife when the visited the hospital in 2011. The completed units as of July 2015 have facilities to serve forty
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in medical sciences and finally, undertaking research into health issues for the purpose of improving health care.
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An 11-member governing body for the Tamale Teaching Hospital was inaugurated on 28 February 2019.
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To offer professional healthcare that is affordable and of excellent quality, given by
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In 2005 the Northern Regional Coordinating Council decided to partner the
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To establish itself as the leading centre for high-quality postsecondary
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As a teaching hospital, these are our main principles:
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The mandate of the hospital is set by Act 525 of the
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that are highly driven, well-trained, and friendly.
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Tamale
Northern Region
Coordinates
9°23′36″N 0°49′25″W / 9.393273°N 0.823513°W / 9.393273; -0.823513
Care system
Ghana Health Service
Type
Teaching
Affiliated university
University for Development Studies
Emergency department
www.tth.gov.gh
Hospitals in Ghana
Tamale
Northern region
Ghana
referral hospital
Ghana
University for Development Studies
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
northern region
Tamale metropolitan
University for Development Studies
Upper East
Upper West
Ghana Health Service
Teaching Hospital

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