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Nurses urged to accept postings to
rural areas
Kumasi, July 4, Ghanadot/GNA - Major
Courage Quashigah (Rtd), Minister of Health, has admonished
students of Training Colleges to accept postings to the
rural areas during their training and after training.
He said this would help ensure that majority of the Ghanaian
population who are resident in the rural areas have access
to nursing care for quality health care delivery.
Major Quashigah made the call in a speech read on his behalf
at the inauguration of the Kwadaso SDA Nursing Training
College (NTC) in Kumasi on Friday.
He indicated that the nursing profession was one that went
with a lot of responsibilities and that it behoved on nurses
to be committed to duty, disciplined and be ready to work in
every environment no matter the challenges.
The Minister affirmed government’s commitment to provide a
conducive environment in rural areas to make health
professionals comfortable during training and after
training.
He charged the private sector to collaborate effectively
with government to address challenges facing the health
sector such as limited resources, lack of skilled manpower
and the huge disparities between regions and districts in
terms of geographical and financial access to health
services.
Major Quashigah entreated the private sector, especially
religious bodies to devote a chunk of their resources and
funds to development projects in all sectors of the economy,
more importantly building enough nurses training facilities
to help produce the needed human resource for the sector.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, in a brief message
delivered on his behalf, commended the SDA Church for
providing health facilities, educational institutions and
water and sanitation services.
He charged students of the Kwadaso SDA NTC to be serious
with their studies and shun examination malpractices that
could ruin their career development.
Mr. Daniel Atta-Tuffuor, Principal of the College, said the
school had a total population of 240 currently, up from 42
in 2005, and that his outfit was committed to churning out
God-fearing and dedicated nurses for quality health care
delivery.
GNA
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