Anesthesia & Pain Management

The Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) is a specialist clinical department responsible for providing safe, high-quality anaesthetic services, perioperative care, pain management, and comprehensive critical care for patients undergoing surgical and medical interventions. The department supports all surgical specialties within the Centre by ensuring patients receive individualized anaesthetic care before, during, and after procedures. Through the use of modern anaesthetic techniques, advanced patient monitoring systems, and evidence-based clinical practice, the department is committed to optimizing patient safety and improving surgical outcomes.

The department also oversees UGMC's critical care services, delivering intensive monitoring and life-support for patients with life-threatening illnesses, traumatic injuries, organ failure, and complex post-operative conditions. The Intensive Care services comprise specialized units designed to meet the diverse needs of critically ill patients, including the General Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (Cardio ICU), Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Working collaboratively with surgeons, physicians, cardiologists, paediatricians, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals, the department provides multidisciplinary care aimed at achieving the best possible outcomes for every patient.

As one of Ghana's leading tertiary and quaternary healthcare institutions, UGMC's Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care is also actively involved in medical education, clinical research, professional training, and continuous quality improvement to advance the practice of anaesthesia and critical care medicine.

Dr. Ernest Ofosu-Appiah 

Medical Officers

• Anaesthesia 

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 

• General Anaesthesia 

• Regional Anaesthesia 

• Spinal and Epidural Anaesthesia 

• Local Anaesthesia 

• Conscious Sedation 

• Paediatric Anaesthesia 

• Obstetric Anaesthesia 

• Cardiac Anaesthesia 

• Neuroanaesthesia 

• Trauma Anaesthesia 

• Difficult Airway Management 

• Acute and Chronic Pain Management 

• Critical Care Medicine 

• Mechanical Ventilation 

• Cardiovascular Critical Care 

• Neurocritical Care 

• Surgical Critical Care 

• Emergency Resuscitation 

• Perioperative Medicine 

• Post Anaesthesia Recovery Care 

• Tertiary trauma care 

• Acute postoperative pain management 

• Pre-anaesthesia assessment and patient optimization 

• Intraoperative anaesthesia for elective and emergency surgical procedures 

• General anaesthesia 

• Regional anaesthesia 

• Spinal anaesthesia 

• Epidural anaesthesia 

• Local anaesthesia and conscious sedation 

• Airway assessment and management 

• Perioperative patient monitoring 

• Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) services 

• Critical care for medical and surgical patients 

• Mechanical ventilation and advanced respiratory support 

• Haemodynamic and continuous physiological monitoring 

• Management of critically ill adult patients 

• Multidisciplinary critical care management 

• Emergency resuscitation and life support 

• Intensive care following major surgery 

• Pain management services 

• Support for complex surgical specialties, including trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and paediatric surgery

The department works closely with the Emergency Department, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, and other clinical specialties to ensure seamless perioperative and critical care for patients across the Centre.

Appointments should be booked online at ugmedicalcentre.org or by calling 0302 550843–5

Anaesthesia Clinic

• Monday- Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

info@ugmc.ug.edu.gh

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