KATH rewards longest serving and Best Staff

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has held its Annual Thanksgiving Service, Long Service and 2024 Best Staff Awards ceremony.

The annual ceremony sought to recognise and celebrate the remarkable display of loyalty by longest serving members of staff, some of whom had been with the hospital for 40 years and those who distinguished themselves during the year under review.

This edition of the ceremony honoured 20 long serving members of staff across all the professional classes; with each receiving a double-decker refrigerator and a certificate, as well as 19 other category winners for excelling in their various fields of endeavour, with each receiving a 43” Television and a plaque.

Out of the 19 categories, the Over-all Best, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Runner-ups and Best Staff received GHC20,000, GHC15,000, GHC10,000 and GHC5,000 cash prizes respectively.

Dr. Divine Aseye Yao Amenuke, Head of Respiratory Unit and Lead Clinician, Directorate of Medicine, was adjudged the Over-all Best Staff with the Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) Directorate as the Most Innovative Directorate at the hospital.

Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer, KATH, expressed his immense gratitude and joy for the success and growth KATH has experienced, noting that it has been a year of “progress, transformation and achievements”.

The Chief Executive disclosed that it is the outstanding contributions, dedication, innovation, leadership and hard work of members of staff that have raised the “standards of excellence” at the hospital, propelling it to reach “new heights”.

Prof. Addai-Mensah indicated that each “award” presented does not only represent a job well done, but also lives saved, resolved challenges and the tireless pursuit of better healthcare service for all, noting that “a nation that does not honour its heroes is not worth dying for”.

The Chief Executive announced that KATH is 70 years old this year having commenced formal operations in 1955, disclosing that a comprehensive programme is expected to be launched in the course of the year, to celebrate the outstanding contributions of KATH, to the delivery of specialist clinical services, training and research in the country.

Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah extended his heartfelt appreciation to the hospital’s invaluable benefactors, stakeholders; the Asantehene, Osei Tutu II, members of the last board, partners and donors, among others, for their tireless support, partnerships, and trust in KATH’s mission.

The Over-all Best Staff winner, Dr. Divine Aseye Yao Amenuke, thanked God for the feat and

expressed appreciation to the management of KATH for acknowledging the endeavours of its staff. He noted that when people get recognised for their work, it encourages and motivates them and others to continue to be hard working and called for the sustenance of the laudable initiative.

From Oswald Pius Freiku, Kumasi

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