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The General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr. David Tenkorang, says the National Service Scheme (NSS) Director for the Ashanti Region, Alex Opoku-Mensah, is not fit for purpose and has therefore called for his removal.
Alex Owusu Mensah, bypassed the hospital’s security to verbally assault the nurse on duty at the surgical department of the hospital.
In a viral audio, the man was captured saying he will use his political power to transfer the nurse in question from the hospital because the nurse had a phone confrontation with his daughter (A house Officer) who was supposed to be on duty but was nowhere to be found.
The nurse in an attempt to help a sick client called on the House officer to come and attend to the client’s need with some prescribed drugs.
This got the house Officer and her family angry and they subsequently visited the hospital to teach the nurse some lessons.
Reacting to this, Mr David Tenkorang said,”What has annoyed us is the man who went there to verbally abuse the Nurse. He is not fit for purpose. That role given to him is even big for him and he has to be removed from there. No one should say that somebody’s issue has come and we are talking about it, the issue is a very serious one and we will not just talk about it now and leave it.”
He continued, “There are a series of measures we are going to take.” “You are a teacher and you have been made an NSS boss, and if you are behaving like this, then when you become a national boss, we do not know what you will do.”
Meanwhile, Mr. David Tenkorang said the statement earlier released concerning the matter is not a banter between GRNMA and doctors, adding that it was wrong for the NSS boss to have followed his daughter, who is the doctor in question, to verbally abuse the nurse in the hospital.
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Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional NSS boss, Alex Opoku-Mensah, apologized for his conduct. In a statement, he said, “I understand the disappointment and appreciate the inconvenience my action has caused the general public as well as the nursing fraternity and Manhyia Hospital.”
He continued, “This has never been my style, but for a genuine reason to mediate a persistent issue between my daughter(Doctor) and a colleague nurse who I as well consider my daughter.”
“I do apologise for any mishap and assure all, there shall not be a repetition of such. I look forward to maintaining a cordial relationship between any affected person,” he added.
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