The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana is the largest hospital in all of Ghana. Plastic surgery has its own unit in a separate building, with 70 beds. They also have their own surgical theatre.
They treat, as in Kumasi, many truamatic injuries, multiple types of skin ulcers, including Buruli's, which is endemic to here and Kumasi. The chair is Dr. Albert Paintsil, shown here "test driving"
Interplast Grand Rounds, which he is very enthusiastic about. He also is interested in our
Visiting Educator program, and has picked out some topics. His two associates, Dr. Laing and Dr. Mork are also plastic surgeons here. Their cleft work is supported by
Transforming Faces Worldwide, with whom we also have a relationship.