Directorates

OTHERS

Best Worker For The Year 2011

Dr. Sampson Antwi

Dr. Joseph Opoku Buabeng
Head of Directorate

DEENT is an acronym for Dental, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat. The directorate was named DEENT in 2001 when clinical directorates were inaugurated. Prior to 2001, it was called Allied Surgery. The directorate has a bed compliment of 44.

The DEENT Directorate is made up of the following departments and units:
· Dental /Oral Health Department made up of Main and Poly Dental Units.
· Eye Department with an Optometry Unit.
· ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Department with Audiology Unit, Speech Therapy

Unit and Special School for preparing speech and hearing impaired children for
integration into normal school system and school for the deaf.

The ENT Department houses the National ENT Nurses School which is under the management of the Human Resources Development Department of the Ministry of Health.

Key Function
· Specialist outpatient care
· Undergraduate and postgraduate medical training
· ENT nurses training
· Research into diseases and health issues concerning the head and neck
· Surgical services
· Outreach services in Eye, Oral Health, Ear, Norse and Throat in schools and communities.

There is also a yearly surgical charity programmes in cleft/lip palate and eye surgeries between KATH and two institutions in USA. The programme is run in the Dental and Eye Departments respectively. Future programmes will be advertised on this site under upcoming events and in the media.

Research Activities
· Trauma: The Pattern of Ocular Trauma presenting at Eye clinic.
· Quality Assurance Patient satisfaction Survey.
· Breast Feeding and Dental Caries.
· Cleft lip and Oral Cancers.

Future Projects and Services
· Construction of an Eye Centre with OPD, theatre, optometry and office facilities.
· Establishment of telemedicine in Eye Department.
· Establish sub-specialties within all departments.

E-Mail : deent@kathhsp.org