Government has started the process to secure financial clearance to engage publicly trained nurses who ended their training in 2016, a deputy minister has disclosed. “The Ministry has taken their list to the Finance Ministry so that they will be cleared; we have a plan for them to be employed.” Deputy Health Minister Tina Mensah … Read more
A Coalition of Unemployed Nursing Graduates in the Northern Zone has issued a final reminder to President Akufo-Addo and the Health Ministry to clear them for postings or face agitations. The groups – Qualified Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) in the Northern Zone, said they will stage unrelenting picketing at the … Read more
Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has suggested he is overwhelmed by the rate of picketing, which has become the willpower of health professionals and students under his ministry in pushing through their demands. Picketing has in recent times assumed an alarming rate in the country, and appears to be the tool which workers and students use … Read more
Government has justified its decision to hold a ceremony Tuesday to launch the restoration of allowances for trainee nurses and midwives. The Health Ministry announced Thursday that a ceremony has been scheduled to take place at the Sunyani Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Brong Ahafo Region to mark the launch, something that has … Read more
Over 500 nurses employed upon agitation for financial clearance… The Ghanaian government finally paid heed to the laments and cries of the unemployed privately trained nurses who have been on a picketing spree over their unfortunate situation. News has been rife that over 500 members of the Coalition of Bonded Allied Health Professionals have been … Read more
The Minister Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has announced the decision of the government to stop paying monies meant for materials directly to all contractors working on its housing projects. Mr. Atta Akyea explained that they would rather be supplied with the raw materials needed to complete the projects. According to him, the policy was implemented following the … Read more
A couple who lost their twin babies at the Tema General Hospital in 2010 as a result of alleged negligence have renewed their demand for justice and the bodies of the babies for burial. Their 2010 petition to the then Health Minister, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, which was copied to the Medical and Dental Council, as … Read more
The immediate past Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia, has said his administration will not accept responsibility for the current woes of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). According to him, the current administration has failed to follow plans and policies it had in place to deal with the issue of the sector especially with the … Read more
Former Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia has said the Mahama government had a strategy to clear the GHc100 million debt in the health sector that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is struggling with. According to him, the proposal had a clear roadmap to paying the debt or reducing it to the barest minimum. “…We were aware … Read more
Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in West African country, Liberia. According to the Ministry, it had received information that at least nine others have been infected by the disease, adding that all the victims reported similar symptoms. “The symptoms reported by the victims … Read more
Parliament is expected to drag the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu before it in the coming days, for failing to make any significant progress in its investigations into the Central Medical Stores fire. Under the erstwhile Mahama government, an investigative report concluded that, the incident was an act of arson, but no one has been … Read more
A former board chairman of the Tepa Nursing Training and Midwifery College, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I has described as sad allegations of financial malfeasance against the Principal, Ms Victoria Amoah and her accountant Richard Asamoah. Speaking on Ultimate FM Tuesday, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, said allegations of corruption and fraud were brought to … Read more
The Health Ministry has confirmed that it has begun investigations into the alleged GHC9, 247,800 fraud at the Tepa Nursing and Midwifery training college in the Ahafo Ano North of the Ashanti region. Ms. Victoria Amoah and an accountant Asamoah Richard allegedly used fake receipts and invoices to milk the government institution during every admission … Read more
The Health Ministry has confirmed that it has begun investigations into the alleged GH?9, 247,800 fraud at the Tepa Nursing and Midwifery training college in the Ahafo Ano North of the Ashanti region. Ms. Victoria Amoah and an accountant Asamoah Richard allegedly used fake receipts and invoices to milk the government institution during every admission … Read more
One person has been injured and properties vandalized in Tamale in an attack by a vigilante group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party, Kandahar Boys, on organizers of a news conference Monday morning. The press conference was being held to mobilize residents demonstrate against one Dr. Daniel Akobila who allegedly stormed the Tamale Teaching Hospital … Read more
The Ministry of Finance has given clearance for the allied health workers who have picketed the Ministry of Health since Monday to be employed. The Deputy Health Minister, Tina Mensah made this known on Tuesday evening. The coalition of un-posted allied health professionals who had picketed the Ministry of Health since Monday threatened to move … Read more
There are stories of pregnant women forcefully delivering pre-maturely in order to sit an exam The Health Ministry has suspended a regulation barring pregnant students of Nursing Training colleges from taking examinations. The decision followed a meeting between the heads of the various health training institutions, and Nursing and Midwifery Council to review the code … Read more
A group of health professionals who picketed at the Health Ministry have called off their two-day protest after receiving financial clearance by the ministry. The group made up of unposted Allied Health Professionals, Health Assistants and Community Nurses and Private Accredited Nurses kept vigil at the ministry’s premises for two nights before receiving clearance for … Read more
Government has finally given financial clearance to about 495 members of the Coalition of Unposted Allied Health professionals. The group had spent Monday night at the Health Ministry sleeping on bare floor and benches as they accused the government of showing bad faith in addressing their concerns. According to the group, the Ministry of Health … Read more
The Coalition of unposted Allied Health Professionals kept vigil at the premises of the Health Ministry last night (Monday) as part of their continued struggle for immediate clearance and posting. The group vowed not to leave the Ministry premises until they are cleared on Friday as promised by the Deputy Minister of Health, Tina Mensah. … Read more