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
Drama greeted the entry of Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to the campus of the Bolgatanga Nurses’ Training College Thursday over the nationwide withdrawal of trainee nurses’ allowances by government. The first day of the Vice President’s 2-day tour of the Upper East region, in what began with the inauguration of a regional election campaign … Read more
The Leadership of Nursing Trust Fund has dragged the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association to CHRAJ for allegedly defaming the organization It is angry with the GRNMA for allegedly issuing a misleading letter asking nurses not to deal with Nurses Trust. Managing Director for the group, Malcolm Asamoah, told STARR NEWS the GRNA must … Read more
A frustrated father has threatened to kill authorities at the Amasaman Government Hospital in the Greater Accra region after losing his 5-year-old daughter. According to the father, the girl died after hospital authorities allegedly refused to attend to her on time to save her life. The five year old child was rushed to the hospital … Read more
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced the recruitment of 4,799 verified nurses by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the country. The new recruits include 1,268 registered midwives, 56 registered community nurses, 507 registered general nurses (psychiatry), 321 health assistants (clinical), 2,389 registered general nurses and 258 community health nurses. This was contained in … Read more
A 28-year old nurse, Emelia Buadi, who was promised a job as a nurse in Kuwait with a lucrative salary ended up being sold out as a housemaid upon her arrival in the gulf country. The nurse arrived in Kuwait in September this year, and went to the office of the Agent of Ibadams Ghana … Read more
Health workers at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital are praying and hoping that a suspected Ebola patient who they attended to and who died in their arms may well prove negative for the virus. If he proves otherwise, all who had contact with the man may well have to seek medical attention and with urgency. On … Read more