Ninety-five (95) Ghanaian nurses have arrived in Barbados to begin a two-year contract in the Caribbean nation. They arrived in Barbados on Thursday evening via a chartered flight. Kafaba Lynching: Woman seen in the video torturing Akua Danteh arrested The Ministry of Health in November confirmed that 120 Ghanaian nurses had been selected to serve a two-year … Read more
Thirty-two (32) Nurses and Midwives have tested positive for the COVID-19 in Ghana, official figures from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) reveal. The president of the GRNMA, Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, also disclosed that 250 of her members have been quarantined, awaiting their test results. The West African country has so far confirmed 5,127 coronavirus cases resulting in … Read more
The Ashaiman District Police is currently is currently investigating suspected stealing of facemask and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) by some nurses at the Ashaiman polyclinic The case was officially reported by one Foster Bampoe, an opinion leader in the area, and a failed Assembly Member aspirant to the police after spotting the items being … Read more
A heavily pregnant nurse who had tested positive for Covid-19 has died, Channel 4 News has learned. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, underwent an emergency caesarean to deliver and save her baby daughter. The little girl is understood to be alive and being cared for. But it’s not clear if she has tested positive for the … Read more
The Tema West Municipal Health Directorate is asking for support for health workers at Tema Polyclinic, following a confirmed Covid-19 case at the facility. A Community Nurse who occasionally visits Tema Polyclinic as part of her routine work, tested positive to the disease on Friday and is currently recovering at home. The nurse, believed to be in … Read more
A Community Health Nurse (CHN) in the Eastern Region has called on pregnant women from the Akorabo Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) catchment area to patronise health programmes. About 34 small towns are under the RCH at Akorabo in the Suhum Municipality yet attendance by pregnant women to the clinic remains low. Daniel Adomako, in an … Read more
Hundreds of trained community Nurses at Oda Community Nursing Training school are reportedly going through some hard emotions over a mass licensure examination flunk. For a Nurse Assistant, Nurses and Midwives to qualify to work in Ghana, he/she must write and pass the licensing examination conducted by the Council at the end of his Course … Read more
Ghana has exceeded the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended nurse to population ratio of 1nurse to 1,000 population, the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has said. According to him, Ghana’s doctor/population and nurse/population ratios have shown significant improvements, indicating that the sector’s efforts at bridging the equity gap that has existed for decades are … Read more