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The Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, situated in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region is under the guardianship of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The town is situated in the South Western part of Ghana and 11 kilometres away from the La Cote D’Ivoire border, 80 kilometres from Sunyani, the Regional Capital.

In 1929, Rev. William Schaefer, a Basel missionary, and his wife, Hedwich, a midwife, came to work in Dormaa Ahenkro. Mrs. Schaefer established a maternity home in a mission house (currently Bronikrom Guest House) and provided medical care to the people. After the departure of Rev. and Mrs. Schaefer, Rev. Richard Haller and wife were posted to come and continue the missionary work. However, both were not trained health professionals which resulted in the discontinuation of healthcare. This notwithstanding, Rev. Richard Haller together with  Nana Agyeman Badu I applied  to the Basel Mission head office for help to open a Midwife Station. The construction of the Midwife station was done by the Basel Mission with financial contribution by the Dormaa State and communal labour by the local church and the entire community of Dormaa. The work started in 1951, which resulted in the posting Sr. Anni Staubli, Sr. Gertrud Schellebeng and Sr. Martha Guggenbuhl. Soon the increasing work justified the placement of a resident doctor and expansion of the Maternity Station into a Hospital which was financed together by the Basel Mission and the Dormaa State with assistance from the government.

The construction of the Hospital was completed and commissioned at the end of 1954 but full scale clinical work started in 1955. A Hospital board was inaugurated to oversee the running of the Hospital. The board had representation from the Dormaa State, Basel Mission/Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the Medical Department of Gold Coast as reported directly by Rev. Richard Haller who was then the Secretary to the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast. The first health worker brought in by Rev. Richard Haller was Mrs. Hanne Heusel from Germany, followed by Dr. Emmy Ode, a medical officer from Holland.

During the second half of 1955, some qualified Ghanaian health workers were recruited. These included; Mr. D.G. Kumih, an ex-soldier as the first male nurse, Messrs. S.Y. Yeboah and Kofi Darkwah (both QRN) trained at Agogo; Cecilia Tabuaa, Philomena Kyeremaa, Comfort Oppong and Cecilia Yeboah were the first ward assistants employed by the Hospital. In 1972, Dr. Ofori, the first Ghanaian medical officer was posted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to the Hospital but was transferred to Sunyani in May 1974. The foreign mission brought Dr. Van Es to take charge of the Hospital due to the inability of the M.O.H to replace Dr Ofori.

In early 1976, the Hospital was upgraded to the status of a district Hospital and Dr. Van Es then became the Ag. District Medical Officer of Health (D.M.O.H). In December 1977, Dr. Leny Zorn, a Dutch female doctor was brought in by the board to assist Dr. Van Es.

Dr. Albert Van Galen, also a Dutch doctor was brought in by the Board in March 1978, who eventually took over as the Senior Medical Officer in-charge of the Hospital from 1978 to 1984. In 1986, another Ghanaian Dr. John Kaba, was posted to the Hospital by the MOH and took over as the first Ghanaian Medical Officer in-charge.

The upgrading of the Hospital to a district Hospital required some structural improvements. Therefore, in September 1976, Dr. Van Es (Ag. District Medical Officer of Health), in consultation with the regional medical officer and the Hospital Board applied for financial support to expand the Hospital. In January 1978, the expansion project was approved by the Dutch Inter-Church Co-ordination for Development Project (I.C.C.O) and the Dutch government which resulted in the construction of a new Maternity, Children, Isolation wards, a Store and some staff accommodation by the end of 1984.

The Hospital, which started as a 34-bed facility between 1955 and 1960, grew to 150 bed capacity in 1995 and is currently at 183 beds. The Hospital which started with only one medical officer as at 1955 can now boast of three (3) permanent Specialists, two (2) visiting specialists, four (4) medical Officers and Six (6) Senior House Officers as at October 2016.

The Hospital through its Primary Health Care (PHC) program started several medical outreaches. This has resulted in the establishment of twelve (12) Clinics and health centers located at Kyeremasu, Aboabo, Kwameasua, Kodwokumikrom, Kwamebikrom, Jenjemireja, Suma Ahenkro, Yaakrom, Antwirifo, Tano-Boase, Buokurukuruwa and Jankufa.

The Hospital has also spearheaded the establishment of the Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery College, Dormaa Ahenkro and the Presbyterian Midwifery Training School, Duayaw-Nkwanta.

Since 1992,the management of the Area Health Service ( the Hospital, midwifery training colleges and PHC) has been in the hands of the following General Managers: Mr. Nicholas Agyei Kyeremeh (1992-1994); Mr. Sam Sarpong Appiah (1995-1999); Mr. Seth Addai Kyeremeh (1994-1995/1999-2002 as acting); Mr. Peter Mensah (2002-2006); Dr. David Agyapong (2006-2007 as acting); Mr. Fred Effah-Yeboah (2007-2015) and Rev. Dr. Isaac Appiah (2015 to date).