The Ministry of Health has urged striking nurses of the Accra psychiatric hospital to call off their strike as it works to address their concerns. According to the Ministry, some GH¢1 billion will soon be disbursed by the Ministry of Finance for the procurement of some needed logistics for the facility. The psychiatric nurses on … Read more
Managers at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have started discharging patients as they struggle to take care of them. The hospital is taking this drastic decision after nurses there decided to stay away from work until government provides them with basic supplies. The nurses say the indecent and hazardous conditions they face at the hospital have … Read more
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Akwasi Osei is justifying the strike by nurses at the facility. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise morning Show, Dr. Akwasi Osei believes government has not done enough about the plight of the striking nurses. “I appreciate the ministry’s own efforts but what we need is results, … Read more
The continuous hue and cry by healthcare providers in the mental healthcare sector especially psychiatric nurses and doctors for help has reached an unbearable tone and if care is not taken by the appropriate authorities to salvage the sinking image of the sector, the imminent danger faces it will be inevitable. The continuous ‘cries’ and … Read more
Florence Nightingale is the goddess of the nursing profession. She is profoundly referred to as “the mother of nursing” because she laid the foundation and standard for modern nursing and today she is celebrated and remembered for the many things she did in pioneering nursing. At her early age she began caring for sick people … Read more
The ‘notoriety’ of the name Ankaful, when mentioned, is enough to hijack someone’s thought to fixate on mental patients before further clarification could release them from such prejudice. The inclination to associate or think of mental illness or psychiatric patients when the town Ankaful is mentioned or vice versa is predominantly attributed to the presence … Read more