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Table 2 Location of hospitals

From: Community engagement and involvement in Ghana: conversations with community stakeholders to inform surgical research

Hospital

Region

Interviewed patients

St Patrick Hospital

Offinso, Ashanti Region, near Kumasi

8 Patients (4 pre, 4 post surgery)

St Teresa Hospital

Nkoranza, Bono East Region

10 patients (5 pre, 5 post surgery)

Nadowli District Hospital

Nadowli, Upper West Region

8 patients (6 pre, 2 post surgery)

Savelugu District Hospital

Savelugu, near Tamale in the Northern Region

5 patients (2 pre, 3 post surgery)

  1. The table provides the names and regions of the hospitals and the number of patients that the team talked to. Patients at four rural hospitals closely working with the GSU Research Hub at Tamale Teaching Hospital were approached and meetings with community leaders took place in Odumase, the Bono Region of Ghana