The Nurses Association supports the decision to export experienced nurses

General News of Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Source: primenewsghana.com

2019-07-10

The Ghana Nurses and Midwives Association endorsed the Ministry of Health's decision to export only the most qualified and experienced nurses in the country.

The president of the badociation, Kwesu Asante Krobea, said in an interview with PrimeNews Ghana that, as Ghana would benefit from exporting, it is necessary to send the best and most experienced to the For the desired impact.

According to him, the export will allow other unemployed nurses to find a job.

He also called on the government to put in place measures that will help fill the void of experienced nurses exported.

"We agree and support what the minister said Usually, in an international agreement like this, it is usually a protocol of understanding and I do not see not how the outside countries will ask for nurses – a space in the nursing service in this country that will require services from other places, so it must be done by experienced people. "

"We need to put in place safeguards to ensure that the nurses we have here who are exportable with respect to the skills they have acquired over time will disappear, because that will be done from time to time. a way that will be created will be something that we can manage. "

The Ministry of Health announced that the government would exercise due diligence in posting nurses working overseas if the agreement with partner countries is formally consolidated.

"We would ensure that only the best and most experienced Ghanaian nurses are sent abroad as expatriates for health care services," said the Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu.

The government recently announced plans to export Ghanaian nurses abroad, arguing that this initiative goes hand in hand with the idea of ​​creating more job opportunities for health professionals in foreign countries.

Mr. Agyemang-Manu, who was speaking to the staff and students of the Nursing and Midwifery Training College of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, hinted that there are currently about Ninety (90) training institutions for nurses and midwives in the country.