The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has indicated that the decision by the government to export nurses to the United Kingdom could have adverse effects on the country’s health system.
According to the Association, there might be a drought despite the initiative being laudable.
Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu told Parliament that there is an ongoing bilateral discussion between the Government of Ghana and the British Government to send Ghanaian trained Nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange for financial considerations.
“We are engaging with the government of the United Kingdom, and we are just about to sign a memorandum of agreement after cabinet approval to begin to send nurses for training and work there and come back home after three years.
“Ghana is going to benefit from the little money that the UK government will pass on. For every single nurse that goes away, when we finish the agreement, it is likely we will get over 1000 pounds to come and support the health system in Ghana. ”
But the President of the GRNMA, Perpetual Ofori Ampofo, stated that “You realised that we have a lot more of the certificate holders as against a lower number in terms of the diploma holders and degree holders. So we are training them in high numbers, meanwhile, there are professional members who are not the best, and these are the same people taking care of Ghanaians, so we need to change and also look at building the infrastructure of GRNMA, and helping build the caucus, so that they will be in a better position to train more specialist nurses and midwives, to boost the human resources capacity of the nation.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
