page_title: Kumasi
section_title: Healthcare
hierarchical_section_title: Kumasi / Healthcare
caption_attribution_description: CC BY Regents of the University of Michigan
context_page_description: Kumasi is a city in Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is near Lake Bosomtwe, in a rain forest region, and is the commercial, industrial and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres north of the Equator and 200 kilometres north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many beautiful species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom. The second largest city in Ghana after the capital Accra.
  The Central Business District of Kumasi includes areas such as Adum, Bantama and Bompata has a concentration of banks, department stalls, and hotels. Economic activities in Kumasi include financial and commercial sectors, pottery, clothing and textiles. There is a huge timber processing community in Kumasi serving the needs of people in Ghana. Bantama High Street and Prempeh II Street in Bantama and Adum, respectively, are business and night life hubs in Kumasi.
context_section_description: Kumasi has the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to support medical training at the university, the West End Hospital, several other private hospitals, public clinics and hospitals. Recommended private medical facilities include Kumasi Rabito Clinic located at Ahondwo-Daban Kumasi behind the Unity Oil Filling Station.There is also the KNUST hospital that serves people in the University and surrounding communities.
caption: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
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