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Striking nurses may suffer salary deductions, appointment termination – NLC warns

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, Mr Ofosu Asamoah, has warned that striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) stand losing their salaries for the month of September as their strike is illegal. Mr Asamoah told Citi News that the GRNMA would be breaking …

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Nurses, Midwives begin nationwide strike today

Nurses and midwives across the country are beginning a strike today Monday, September 21,2020 over their service conditions. It comes after the failure of government to agree with the healthworkers on their demand for improved conditions of service. A press release by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association noted …

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Our strike still on; we’ve not received any injunction – Nurses

Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) will go ahead with their intended strike on Monday, September 21, its National President has said. According to Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the Association has not received any injunction from any court. After the Association and its allies announced their intention to …

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NLC secures injunction against Nurses, Midwives strike

An Accra High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction application by the National Labour Commission against the planned strike by Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRMA). The move by the court presided by Justice Frank Aboagye Rockson means the health workers cannot embark on their sit-down strike on Monday. …

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Nurses battle snakes at CHPS compound to save lives

Nurses at Klo Djerkiti Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound have been battling venomous snakes and other reptiles at the facility due to darkness as a result of lack of electricity in the community. The Senior Community Health Nurse in Charge of the facility Salomey Okpoti recounted to Starr …

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Nurses arrested for child trafficking

Two nurses have been arrested by the police for allegedly trafficking a newly born baby girl in Katsina, Nigeria. According to Gambo Isah, Spokesman of the State Police Command, the nurses identified as Misira Tijjani and Grace Ejigu were arrested on July 28 after a tip-off. They reportedly conspired and …

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Barbados: Nine nurses from Ghana test positive for COVID-19

Twelve people, including nine of the nurses who recently arrived in Barbados from Ghana, have tested positive for COVID-19 after tests conducted on Friday by the Best Dos-Santos Public health Laboratory. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement during a live media conference on CBC TV yesterday afternoon. …

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95 Ghanaian nurses arrive in Barbados

About 95 nurses from Ghana were shuttled off a chartered flight into the Grantley Adams International Airport on Thursday. The 95 Ghanaian nurses arrived via Azores Airlines. The chartered flight was scheduled to arrive at 5.50 pm. Prior to the arrival, originally it was communicated that the cohort of nurses …

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Ministry of Health recruits 10,097 nurses, midwives

The Health of Ministry has received financial clearance for the employment of some 10,097 graduate nurses and midwives who completed both public and private health training institutions in 2017 A clearance letter from the Ministry of Finance signed by the Deputy Minister, Abene Osei-Asare, said the effective date of appointment …

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Nurse Brutalized And Abondoned By Policemen

A Nigerian nurse was allegedly brutalized and abandoned by some Nigerian police officers of the Ondo State police force when she was on her way to attend to an emergency case at the hospital. The news was announced y a Facebook user named Fasasi Adelewa who wrote; “Nigerian Police With …

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