The best Ghanaian nurses would be exported – MoH

By Stephen Asante, RNG

Kumasi, July 09, GNA – The Ministry of
Health (MoH) said the government would do due diligence in the display
nurses to work abroad, if an agreement with the partner countries is officially
cemented.

"We would make sure that only the best and
Ghana's most experienced nurses are sent abroad as expatriates
health services, "said Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu.

The government has recently announced a future
plans to export Ghanaian nurses abroad, arguing that this decision was paralleling
with the vision to create more job opportunities for health professionals
in foreign countries.

Mr. Agyemang-Manu, who spoke to the staff
and students from Komfo Anokye University Hospital (KATH), nursing and midwifery
Kumasi, a training college, suggested that at present there were about ninety (90)
nursing and midwifery training institutions in the country.

The minister is in the Ashanti region on a
four-day working visit to keep abad of health development projects and
programs, as well as related challenges.

The first day of the visit saw the Minister
tourism facilities at KATH, including the oncology department, where he
inspected the machine & # 39; Lican & # 39; newly installed, state-of-the-art equipment for
cancer treatment.

He was accompanied during a tour of the facilities
Oheneba Danso, General Manager of KATH, and Emmanuel
Tenkorang, Regional Director of Health.

Mr. Agyemang-Manu urged health workers to be
committed to duty, saying that the government would continue to work diligently
improve their living conditions.

GNA