The Principal of the Akim Oda Community Health Nurses Training School in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern region, Mr. Jones Abeka-Baah, has urged nurses to show empathy for the sick to aid their speedy recovery. According to him, nurses needed to treat patients with dignity and respect, …
Read More »Nurses, midwives’ strike leaves patients stranded at Manhyia hospital
Patients at the Manhyia Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region have been left stranded following an industrial action by nurses in the facility. The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association GRNMA in the Ashanti Region on Friday December 2,2022 began a strike to protest government’s failure to sack the Ashanti Regional …
Read More »Stop twerking on social media – Nurses and midwives advised
The Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Bono Region, Mad. Emily Ama Oduro, has advised nurses and midwives to avoid abusing social media by twerking and advertising themselves for husbands on such platforms. She implored them to take advantage of the positive aspects of social media to educate the public …
Read More »A/R: Midwives forced to use torch lights for deliveries at CHIP compounds
Over 5000 residents living in Pokuase, Amoako and Esienkyem communities in the Ahafo Ano East District in the Ashanti Region are without electricity or standby generator forcing nurses and midwives to deliver to deliver pregnant women using torch lights and lights from their mobile phones at various CHIP compounds. Residents from the three communities …
Read More »We also deserve COLA – Nurses and Midwives
Members of the Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) have said they also deserve a 20 percent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in the wake of the harsh economic conditions just as teacher unions are demanding. The teacher unions have embarked on strike action following the government’s failure …
Read More »NSS announces postings of 10,975 nurses, midwives
The National Service Secretariat has announced the postings of some 10,975 nurses and midwives to undertake their mandatory national service for the year, 2022/2023. The NSS in a statement issued on June 9, 2022 disclosed the newly-trained nurses and midwives have been posted to various health facilities in the country …
Read More »Bawku: Nurses, midwives abandon post; health system shut down since January – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that the health system in the Bawku Municipality is close to shutting down with several health workers abandoning posts in the midst of the prolonged conflict. According to the GHS, the delivery of routine health services has been affected in diverse ways following …
Read More »Central Gonja nurses, midwives say ‘no security, no posting to Boachipe CHPS’
The Central Gonja branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said until the security of health workers is guaranteed, no health worker must be posted to the Boachipe CHPS in the Savanna region. The group’s comment follows a shooting incident that occurred at the Boachipe CHPS …
Read More »Nurses, midwives posted to do national service threaten to strike over unpaid allowances
The Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives has given the government a one-month ultimatum to pay their seven-month arrears in full, else they will embark on a nationwide strike. This was indicated in the disgruntled group’s letter addressed to various Hospital Directors across the 16 regions of the country. The …
Read More »Trainee nurses, midwives complain over unpaid allowances
Trainee Nurses and Midwives across Ghana have launched a desperate appeal to the government to pay them eight months of their allowances. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (G.N.M.T.A) on Sunday, April 25, 2021. The Akufo-Addo-led adminstration restored allowances for nurses and …
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