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Information and practical guides to help you prepare for care.

Participants attending an antenatal session at SamJ Hospital
Antenatal care at SamJPhotograph from the hospital archive

Patient Resources

Find information about our services, patient resources and hospital news, alongside practical guides to preparing for your visit.

Use the guides below to plan your visit and prepare questions for your care team.

Importance of Antenatal Care

Importance of Antenatal Care

According to Unicef, antenatal care is essential for protecting the health of women and their unborn children. Through this form of preventive health care, women can learn from skilled health personnel about healthy behaviours during pregnancy, better understand warning signs during pregnancy and childbirth, and receive social, emotional and psychological support at this critical time in their lives....

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Newborn Care Benefits

Newborn Care Benefits

The first month of life is the most vulnerable period. Infectious diseases and neonatal complications are the leading causes of death among children under 5. Deaths in the first month of life, which are mostly preventable, represent 47 per cent of total deaths among children under five in 2020. While mortality among children under five declines globally, deaths among these children are becoming more concentrated in the first days of life...

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Woman, 45, delivers quintuplets after 20 years of marriage

Woman, 45, delivers quintuplets after 20 years of marriage

A Ghanaian woman, who has been married for 20 years without a child, has been blessed with five babies [quintuplets]. The 45-year-old Maame Cynthia welcomed her bundle of joy, two girls and three boys at SamJ Specialist Hospital at Haatso in Accra. The babies were conceived through in-vitro fertilisation...

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FAQs

What services do we offer?

Fertility treatment for women and men, including in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and artificial insemination (IUI).

Gynaecological consultations, laparoscopy and surgery, with cervical cancer prevention services including Pap smears, colposcopy and treatment of precancerous changes.

Antenatal, delivery and postnatal care.

Paediatric care, including neonatal intensive care.

General medical and surgical consultations, operations and counselling.

Dental services, eye services and audiology consultations.

X-rays, including HSG; ultrasound scans; electrocardiograms (ECG); and laboratory services.

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Plan your visit

Contact the hospital to confirm the service you need, the next available session and any arrangements to make before you arrive.

Contact the hospital

Speak with reception

0302 900 771Haatso, Accra