President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to all healthcare professionals to accept posting to all parts of the country, especially in areas where they are needed the most.
Mr Akufo-Addo made the appeal when he raised an issue against the refusal of health professionals to move to some parts of the country where the need is greater.
Speaking at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the School of Nursing and Midwifery of the University of Ghana on Friday, June 16, he asked the workers to emulate their forebearers who accepted to work in any part of the country at a time the situation was even more harrowing than it is presently.
“Our schools of Nursing and Midwifery have got a good reputation and have been training good nurses and midwives who easily find work in all parts of the world.
“But the nurse-population ratio in our country still remains unsatisfactory after 66 years of our nation. We currently do not have the number of healthcare professionals with the right mix of skills and expertise in some of our regions, districts, and deprived communities, especially in the newly-created regions and districts.
“Nurses refusing postings is particularly distressing. I want to use this platform to encourage all health practitioners to follow the worthy example of your great forebearers who readily accepted postings in their early years at a time when the national infrastructure was even more harrowing than it is.
“Therefore I am appealing to you as passionately as I can to accept postings to all regions and district hospitals where your services are needed the most,” he said.
