Gov’t given Jan 1 ultimatum to remove principal of St.John of God Nursing Training College

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association is asking Government to as a matter of urgency relieve the Principal of St. John of God Nursing Training College of his position because he has no nursing or midwifery background.

A statement issued by the GRNMA at its 16th Biennial National Delegates’ Conference and jointly signed by Dr Kwaku Asante-Krobea, the President of the GRNMA and Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the General Secretary called on the authorities to remove the Principal latest by January 1, 2018.

The statement added that if he is still at post by the said date, the GRNMA will advise itself. They also recommended that future appointees to that position must have nursing or midwifery background.

 
The conference was on the theme: "Overhauling Nursing and Midwifery Education: Prospects for Professionalism and Quality Care".

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The statement highlighted major concerns of the GRNMA, which it appealed to the Government to act on with immediate effect. They include the full implementation of the Collective Agreement between GRNMA and its allies and the Ministry of Health (MOH) and its agencies.

They said all allowances agreed upon, including fuel allowance and rural incentive allowance, must be paid with immediate effect.

Excerpt of the statement read “In this regard, we call on the government to employ graduate nurses and midwives who are still awaiting engagement by the Ministry of Health and its agencies.

We commend the government for its effort to reimburse service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); however, the delay in the reimbursement is crippling some hospitals and bringing in the menace of Cash and Carry system, which negatively impacts patient care. We, therefore, entreat government to speed up the reimbursement of health facilities with their NHIS claims.

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We also commend the Government for retaining the Nursing and Midwifery Directorate at the Ministry of Health per the request made by the GRNMA and its allies and call for expeditious completion of the processes to make the nursing and midwifery directorate permanent at the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service.’’

The St. John of God Nursing Training College is located at Sefwi Asafo in the Western Region.

 

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