Queen Elizabeth II of England has awarded a Ghanaian-born nurse in the UK, Cecilia Anim, with a CBE, (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The New Year Honours are awarded as part of UK’s New Year celebrations at the start of January 2017. This year’s honors has been touted as the most … Read more
A Ghanaian-born nurse in the UK, Cecilia Anim, has been awarded a CBE, (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England as part of her 2017 New Year Honours list. 2017’s honours were touted as most diverse ever in the almost 100-year history of the Order of the … Read more
The MTN Ghana Foundation has collected 2,551 pints of blood at its sixth annual “Save a Life” blood donation campaign, exceeding its target of 2,017 pints. The annual exercise gives staff of MTN and the general public the opportunity to show love on Valentine’s Day by donating a pint of blood each. This year’s blood … Read more
NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. From April this year, foreign patients could be refused operations unless they cover their costs in advance. NHS Improvement, which oversees the trusts, said hospitals would no longer have to … Read more
Some patients waited more than a year to be discharged from hospital even though they were clinically ready to leave, figures have shown. A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed the longest delays across the country between 2013 and 2016. One patient in Dumfries and Galloway was kept in hospital for … Read more
The meaning of life is living it to the minimum by your actions and decisions – FERDINARD SENYO LAWSON No one can ever live a life of purpose and maximise their potential is if they refuse or do not see the need to develop themselves through learning. To be able to live your life to … Read more
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has attacked what he calls a “rigged system” where “power is in the wrong hands”. He hit out at the Government, saying: “The Prime Minister may say she wants a shared society but the Tories have spectacularly failed even to begin to share the wealth fairly across society or the nations … Read more
It appears that while many facets of George Michael’s life were sensationalised and made public, he was very privately doing good deeds. As the world mourns the 53-year-old’s death, which was reported on Christmas, people are sharing stories of the pop star’s acts of kindness. For struggling individuals A good deed reported by Richard Osman, … Read more
Over 8,000 nurses will soon be employed by the government following a financial clearance by the Ministry of Finance A letter released by the Ministry of Finance has indicated that a total of 8,634 health personnel has been cleared by the Ministry for subsequent employment by the government. According to the letter signed by the … Read more
Government has given financial clearance for the employment of 8,634 nurses and midwives as well as other allied personnel for the various health facilities across the country. The recruitment exercise takes effect from November 1, 2016 through to March 1, 2017, a clearance letter dated November 11 and signed by the Minister of Finance, Seth … Read more
Doctors in Tanzania have told a man that they can’t treat him, because he is too tall. Baraka Elias, who is 7ft 4in (2.20m), needs hip replacement surgery after hurting himself in a fall. But doctors have told him that his height means he wouldn’t be able to fit properly in a hospital bed and … Read more
Commander JSK Dzamefe, the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the 37 Nursing and Midwifery Training College (NMTC), has charged parents to take interest in their children’s education. He said parents needed not to only pay their children’s school fees but rather take active part in their educational cycle. “As parents, you are not … Read more
Patients who have been denied treatment at the out-patients department (OPD) of public hospitals are appealing to the health professionals to return to work. The patients said owing to the strike, the doctors and nurses who are supposed to take their vitals and process their folders at the OPDs have failed to do so. “We … Read more
Restoring fully, the allowances of nursing trainees will threaten the future of Ghana’s economy, Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has said. Speaking at the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery College in the Northern region, the Vice President asked the students to disregard promises by the opposition to restore the allowances, since it is not in the … Read more
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has strongly defended government’s decision to withdraw teachers and nurses’ trainee allowances. Speaking at the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery College and the Gambaga College of Education at Nalerigu in the Northern Region, where he jointly inaugurated members of the Tertiary Education Institution Network of the NDC, the Vice President said the … Read more
The recent announcement of the restoration of allowances for nurse trainees was in order because government erred in the earlier decision to scrap it, the Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has said. “We might have erred in that direction because the steps being taken were not ripe and … Read more
President John Mahama has asked his critics to stop confusing government stands on teacher trainee allowances with that of the nursing trainee’s. According to him, the position by government to replace the teacher trainee allowance with the students’ loan scheme still stands and has not been reviewed. The President weeks ago told some nursing trainees … Read more
The Ghana Nurses and Midwife Trainees’ Association (GNMTA) has welcomed the decision by the government to restore allowances for trainee nurses across the country but want immediate steps taken to ensure payment to beneficiaries. It fears the bureaucracy in the system may affect processes leading to disbursement of funds, hence has asked President John Mahama … Read more
New trainee nurses who are yet to be put on the students loan scheme will also be put on the cancelled nurses allowance scheme, President John Mahama has announced. According to him, the technical committee which advised the government on the allowance scheme has suggested the placement of the trainees on allowance instead of a … Read more
Hundreds of nursing and midwifery trainees across the country on Thursday descended on Accra to protest what they say are the high school fees among other charges as well as the withdrawal of their monthly allowance. They say government has for years, failed to address issues concerning trainees in the respective nursing and midwifery colleges … Read more