Accessible Healthcare in Dzodze and the Surrounding Area
St. Anthony’s Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Dzodze, in Ghana’s Volta Region. Since its founding in 1960, the hospital has played an important role for the residents of Dzodze, the surrounding rural communities, and patients from the border area with Togo.
For many people, St. Anthony’s Hospital is the place they can turn to for reliable and affordable medical care.
A hospital serving a broad regional area
St. Anthony’s Hospital offers, among other things:
general medical and nursing care;
maternal and child health care;
obstetrics and gynecology;
surgical and orthopedic care;
emergency room;
laboratory testing and diagnostics;
care for newborns and premature babies;
preventive health care through the outreach program.
The hospital has approximately 245 beds and employs hundreds of staff members. Every year, thousands of people are examined, treated, or admitted. The current numbers of patients, births, and outreach contacts are thoroughly verified before they are published as key statistics.
Healthcare Inside and Outside the Hospital
The impact of St. Anthony’s Hospital extends beyond the hospital grounds. Through the outreach program, staff members visit villages, schools, and remote communities to provide preventive health care, medical checkups, and health education.
This also helps reach people for whom distance, transportation costs, or financial circumstances prevent them from getting to the hospital in time.
High level of commitment, limited resources
The staff are dedicated to their patients every day. At the same time, their work is hampered by outdated infrastructure, unreliable electricity, limited resources, and equipment that is difficult to maintain or replace.
Power outages and voltage fluctuations don't just put equipment at risk. They can also disrupt surgeries, deliveries, laboratory tests, incubator care, vaccine storage, and other essential healthcare processes.
Local Responsibility
St. Anthony’s Hospital is not a passive recipient of aid. The hospital actively contributes to the preparation and implementation of projects, including by providing staff, local professionals, housing, transportation, maintenance, and project supervision.
The local community also has close ties to the hospital and helps with operations, maintenance, and the organization of outreach activities whenever possible.
Collaboration with SOSSAH
SOSSAH supports projects sponsored by the hospital that contribute to safe, sustainable, and future-proof care.
This is not just about money or materials. Training, knowledge transfer, maintenance, local ownership, and long-term support are also part of the partnership.
For example, St. Anthony’s Hospital, SOSSAH, and their partners are working together to create a hospital that can continue to provide quality care to the people of Dzodze and the surrounding area in the future.
