ANKAFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Our Mission
To render
accessible, quality, and efficient mental health care
To train the
highest calibre of professionals in mental health care
To provide quality
general medical services to KEEA municipality.
Our Vision
To be a center of excellence in Mental
Health Care and Training in the sub region.
Historical Background
The Hospital provides
specialize Psychiatric services as well as General outpatient services to the
public. The facility accepts patients from all the regions of the country as
well as neighboring states. Foreign cases from La Cote D’ Ivoire, Burkina Faso,
Togo and Benin are occasionally attended to. The Late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first
President of the Republic of Ghana, established the Ankaful Psychiatric
Hospital in 1965.
It was officially earmarked as a 500 bedded
hospital but due to imminent hosting by Ghana of the Organisation of Africa
Unity (O.A.U) conference in May 1965, patients on rehabilitation at Adomi near
Senchi in the Eastern Region and Accra Psychiatric Hospital were rounded up and
quickly dumped into the uncompleted structures at Ankaful. This was the humble
beginning of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital.
The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital was meant after
its completion to be an ultra-modern Health Facility with a campus design of a
complete township with various social amenities for its staff, such as shopping
centre, Police station, Bank etc. It was also to be fully equipped with all
needed modern Hospital amenities including:
• A Neurological Department
• An Operating Theatre for Neuro-surgery
• Electro-Electroencephalographic Equipment
It is however sad to note that all the
above-mentioned equipment’s were unceremoniously removed to the Korle-bu
Teaching Hospital in Accra. The envisaged projects have never come to pass up
till date. Politically, the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is located in the
Komenda, Edina,Eguafo, Abrem Municipal Assembly, even though it still maintains
links and communications with the Cape Coast Municipality. It is approximately
12.5km from Cape Coast and 6km from Elmina, occupying an estimated land area of
about 1.5 square km. It is precisely located at the village called Ankaful
where it derives its name; it shares boundaries with Ankaful Leprosy/ General
Hospital to the South and the Ankaful Prisons in the west and north with
Tsikweikrom village.
The Hospital has eleven (11) wards but only
seven (7) are operational.
Mental Health
Services
Being one of the leading Psychiatric hospitals in
the country and the sub region, we provide 24/7 mental health services to
everyone with various form of mental illness. With our competent specialists
and nurses, you are assured of premium healthcare.
General Medical
Services
In addition to our mental health services, we also
provide General Medical Services which operates 24/7.With our ultramodern
laboratory we ensure the best diagnosis and treatment.
Family Health
and Reproductive Care
Our Family Health and Reproductive Care Unit
(FHRCU) runs 24/7 services and provide the following services: Antenatal
Care, Postnatal care, Deliveries, Family planning, Child welfare clinics and
Adolescent health clinic.
COUNSELING
SERVICES
We provide drug and alcohol counseling, HIV and
AIDS counseling, adherence counseling, suicide counseling, psychotherapy, anger
management, stress management and family therapy.
Special Clinics
EPILEPSY
This clinic is geared towards providing holistic care for people with epilepsy.
Every Tuesday, clients undergo counselling, education on condition and
medication and the importance of reporting for review and prevention of
relapse. Critical conditions are detained and managed.
ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS
Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meetings are organized every Wednesday to help people
struggling with addiction.
DIABETES / HYPERTENSION CLINIC
This clinic operates every Tuesday with the aim of providing comprehensive care
for people with diabetes and hypertension. Clients are educated on compliance
to medication, good lifestyle practices and importance of reporting for medical
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