Legal

Disclaimer & Privacy

How this website may be used, and how we look after the information you share with us.

In an emergency, do not use this website.Call us on 032 229 8428 or come straight to our Emergency Unit, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

About this page

This disclaimer applies to the website of St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital (“SECH”, “the hospital”, “we”, “us”) at sech-gh.org, including its news pages, online appointment form and staff portal. By using the website you accept the terms below.

We may move or change the addresses (URLs) of pages at any time as we improve our online services. If you link to our website, please link to our homepage or to a section page such as Services or News, which are less likely to change than individual pages. Links to our website are made at your own risk.

Medical information

The health information on this website, including our news articles, health tips and service descriptions, is for general information only. It is not a substitute for advice, diagnosis or treatment from a qualified health professional who knows your circumstances.

  • Always seek the advice of a doctor, nurse or other qualified health worker about a medical condition.
  • Never ignore professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you read here.
  • Do not send urgent or detailed medical information through the website’s forms or comments. They are not monitored around the clock. Please phone us instead on 032 229 8428.

Submitting the online appointment form is a request, not a confirmed appointment, until the hospital contacts you to confirm it.

Intellectual property

The name, crest, logo, photographs and written content on this website belong to St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospitalunless stated otherwise. You may share links to our pages and quote short extracts with credit to the hospital. Please do not copy, alter or reuse our logo, photographs or substantial content without our written permission.

The logos of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health are the property of those organisations and are shown to identify our affiliations.

To ask permission to use our logo or content, email info@sech-gh.org. Tell us how and why you want to use it, and include your name, organisation, address and telephone number.

Disclaimer of liability

We work to keep this website accurate and up to date, but it and the information on it are provided “as is”, without any guarantee of any kind, express or implied, including of accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose or availability. Details such as opening hours, services, fees and staff may change without notice. Please call us to confirm before you travel.

We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted or free from errors, that faults will be corrected, or that the website or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components.

As far as the law allows, the hospital is not liable for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, including loss of data or profits, arising from use of, or inability to use, this website or from reliance on its content.

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Ghana, and any dispute arising from them is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ghana.

Your personal information

We only collect personal information that you choose to give us through this website:

  • Appointment requests: your name, contact details, date of birth, the service you need, your insurance details and any notes you add. These are used only to arrange your care and are available only to authorised hospital administrators.
  • Comments on news articles: your name, email address and comment. Every comment is read by hospital staff before it appears. Your email address is never published.
  • Newsletter sign-ups: your email address (see E-newsletter below).

We handle this information in line with Ghana’s Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843). We do not sell it, and we do not share it with anyone outside the hospital except where the law requires us to. You can ask to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you by emailing info@sech-gh.org or calling 032 229 8428.

Cookies and analytics

A cookie is a small file that a website stores in your browser. The public pages of this website do not use advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not currently use third-party analytics such as Google Analytics.

The only cookies we set are strictly necessary ones that keep hospital staff signed in to the staff portal. They are not set for ordinary visitors and are not used to track anyone.

Some links, such as directions in Google Maps, take you to other services that have their own cookie policies. You can restrict or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings. The help section of your browser explains how.

If we start using analytics in future, we will update this page before we do.

E-newsletter

You can sign up at the bottom of any page to receive occasional emails from the hospital with health tips, service updates and hospital news. We only add your address after you tick the box to agree.

  • We use your email address only to send you the newsletter.
  • We never sell, rent or share our mailing list.
  • Every email includes a link to unsubscribe. You can also unsubscribe, or ask us to delete your address completely, by emailing info@sech-gh.org.

Virus protection

We take care to check material on this website, but we recommend that you run up-to-date antivirus software on anything you download from the internet. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or device that may occur while using material from this website.

Changes to this page

We may update this disclaimer at any time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed. By continuing to use the website after a change, you accept the updated terms.

Questions about this page?Contact St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital, Hwidiem, Asutifi South District, Ahafo Region, Ghana.
032 229 8428