According to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana is on the verge of operating one of the most digitalized healthcare systems in Africa, with numerous digital treatments slated to be completely implemented countrywide by the end of 2024. Dr. Bawumia claims that this is now achievable as a result of the …
Read More »Ghanaian nurses to work in the United Kingdom under a new agreement – Health Minister
The United Kingdom (UK) is interested in hiring skilled Ghanaian nurses, according to the health minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu. He claims that there is an ongoing business relationship with the British government in exchange for payment. The Dormaa Central lawmaker said the deal will be similar to a current one …
Read More »Health Service Workers Union fights government over a pension “haircut”
The Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has promised to oppose any effort by the government to interfere with its members’ pensions. At a press conference on Sunday, HSWU General Secretary Franklin Owusu Ansah stated, “If the government feels it so vital to execute the debt restructuring, we will encourage them …
Read More »Let’s manufacture Dialysate in Ghana to bring down the cost of dialysis – Dr Bawumia
To make kidney disease treatment consumables more accessible and inexpensive, the government has urged the private sector to work with it on their production. At the Ghana Kidney Association’s 50th anniversary celebration of dialysis on Thursday, December 1, 2022, in Accra, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia suggested. He said that, …
Read More »Patients stranded at Manhyia Hospital over Nurses’ strike
After nurses at the hospital went on strike, patients at the Manhyia Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region were left stranded. On Friday, December 2, 2022, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association GRNMA in the Ashanti Region went on strike in opposition to the government’s refusal to fire Alex …
Read More »MTN Ghana Foundation rewards Covid Heroes
The top 10 finalists for the MTN Heroes of Change awards were honored in an event hosted by the MTN Ghana Foundation. These were the nominees that were thought to have carried out the most significant activities that made a significant contribution to the management of Covid 19. The season’s …
Read More »Nurses at Manhyia Hospital begin strike today over gov’t failure to sack NSS Director
Nurses at the Manhyia government hospital will start a sit-down strike starting today, Friday, December 2, in protest of the failure to fire the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS). The strike will intensify on December 6 if the NSS regional director, Mr. Alex Opoku-Mensah, is still …
Read More »NSS suspends Ashanti Regional Boss over alleged verbal assault on a nurse on duty
The Ashanti Regional Regional NSS Director, Alex Opoku Mensah, has been immediately removed from office by the National Service Scheme NSS Management. According to a statement issued by Ambrose Entigwah Jr., Director of Corporate Affairs at the NSS headquarters, Mr. Opoku Mensah will continue to be suspended awaiting the findings …
Read More »Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association to file official complaint against NSS boss
The National Service Scheme (NSS)’s Ashanti Regional Director, Alex Opoku-Mensah, abused one of the association’s members, and the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) plans to submit a formal complaint about it. After becoming involved in an argument between a female nurse and a doctor who was later revealed …
Read More »Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association rejects NSS Directors apology
The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Services Scheme Alex Opoku Mensah’s apologies for verbally abusing a nurse at Manhyia Hospital was rejected by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA). On Tuesday, November 28, 2022, Mr. Philemon Adu Brempong, the first vice chairman of the GRNMA in the …
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