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  • Manhyia Hospital nurses call off strike

    Nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital in the Kumasi metropolis have rescinded their decision to strike.

    This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Friday, December 2, 2022.

    According to the GRNMA, their employers, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), “have reached out in writing to condemn the actions of Mr Alex Opoku Mensah.”

    It noted that its employers further called on “the leadership of the GRNMA and the entire Nursing and Midwifery Fraternity to remain calm and withdraw the intended and roadmap to embark on an industrial strike, and allow for the due administrative processes and investigations to be conducted by the National Service Secretariat for a final determination on the incident.”

    It also indicated that “other stakeholders including our dear patients and clients and the general public have also formally and informally condemned the actions of Mr Alex Opoku Mensah and have pleaded the leadership of the GRNMA to rescind its decision on embarking on a full scale strike action and resume nursing and midwifery services at Manhyia District Hospital.”

    It noted that, in view of this, it has “called off its strike in Manhyia District Hospital and the intended roadmap for a full industrial action to allow the committee set up the National Service Secretariat to carry out its mandate and to ensure that our patients and clients do not suffer unduly.”

    It called on all nurses and midwives especially those in Manhyia District hospital to kindly adhere to this directive and return to work Saturday, December 3, 2022 and continue providing safe and quality nursing and midwifery services to the people of Manhyia and its environs.

    For failing to sack the Ashanti Regional Director of the NSS, nurses at the Manhyia Government Hospital began a sit-down strike on Friday, 2 December 2022.

    The GRNMA spearheading the strike threatened to escalate it on 6 December where all nurses in the region will remain at home if the NSS regional Director was still at post.

    The Association in a statement further said there will be a nationwide strike of nurses by Friday, November 9, 2022, if their demand was not met.

    Mr Opoku-Mensah has been suspended by the management of the NSS pending investigations but the GRNMA is unsatisfied.

    They want him sacked from office for barging into the Manhyia Government Hospital to insult a nurse on duty.

    Mr Opoku-Mensah went to the hospital to fight the nurse on behalf of his daughter after the nurse had questioned the house officer on an issue.

    The nurse is believed to have used her own phone to call Mr Opoku-Mensah’s daughter to come to the hospital and log into the E-Health System and update a patient’s prescription order so that the patient is not billed for unissued drugs.

    It is not clear how the nurse communicated with Mr Mensah’s daughter on the phone which made her feel disrespected.

    Mr Opoku-Mensah then followed his daughter to the hospital and was captured on tape insulting the nurse and threatening to mastermind her removal from the hospital.

    He went on further to say his daughter is more intelligent than the said nurse and further threatened to come to the hospital in his daughter’s defence anytime she is intimidated by anyone in the facility.

    The GRNMA said Mr Opoku-Mensah had no right to enter the hospital to abuse a nurse.

    The group said as a Regional Director of the NSS, he should have known that the Manhyia District Hospital has management with whom he could have lodged a complaint instead of barging into the facility to attack the nurse.

    Meanwhile, Mr Opoku-Mensah has apologised for his action.

    In a Facebook post, the embattled Mr Opoku-Mensah 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.

    “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 with any affected person.”

  • Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike after MoH, GHS intervention

    In order to put a stop to a one-day strike, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has urged its members at the Manhyia District Hospital to resume their full shifts as of today, December 3, 2022.

    The walkout occurred in response to an event in which the father of a young doctor at the clinic mistreated a nurse.

    The father just so happened to be Alex Opoku-Mensah, director of the National Service Secretariat’s (NSS) Ashanti Region.

    The GRNMA ordered the strike after a 72-hour ultimatum calling for the sacking of Opoku-Mensah elapsed with the NSS only suspending him pending a probe.

    The strike brought activities at the hospital to a halt as multiple media outlets reported that some patients were referred to other facilities whiles others nearing recovery were discharged to continue treatment at home.

    The latest development was occasioned by an intervention on the part of the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service.

    In a statement confirming that they had called off the strike, the Association said: “it has called off its strike in Manhyia District Hospital and the intended road map for a full scale industrial action to allow the committee set by the National Service Secretariat to carry out its mandate and to ensure that our patients and clients do not suffer unduly.”

    Find their press release below:

    ‘This has never been my style’ – Ashanti Regional NSS director issues apology for ‘mishap’

    Alex Opoku-Mensah, who has been caught in the middle of an altercation that he had with a nurse issued an apology after the almost 10-minute exchange went viral on social media.

    In the audio recording of the incident, Mr. Alex Poku-Mensah is heard hurling insults and threats at the nurse for allegedly intimidating his daughter, who is a house officer at the hospital.

    But in an apology shared on his Facebook page, Alex Poku-Mensah stated that what happened was not his style.

    “I understand the disappointment and appreciate the inconvenience my action has caused the general public as well as the nursing fraternity and Manhyia Hospital.

    “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,” he wrote.

    He described what happened as a ‘mishap’ and asked for forgiveness.

    “I do apologize 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.

  • GRNMA threatens to withdraw service after Ashanti NSS boss insults nurse

    The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called for the dismissal of Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mr. Alex Opoku, after he verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital.

    Mr Opoku is reported to have marched to the Manhyia District Hospital and confronted a nurse who drew the attention of his daughter to a task she had failed to execute.

    His daughter, a House Officer, is said to have failed to log into the E-health system and update the patient’s prescription order. The patient would have been billed for unissued drugs but for the intervention of the nurse.

    Mr Opoku’s daughter who was displeased by the incident reported the matter to her father who accused the nurse of being envious of his daughter.

    The matter was brought to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association’s attention after the media reported the story.

    Reacting to the issue, the Association faulted the Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Scheme, adding that Mr Opoku “had absolutely no right to
    enter Manhyia District Hospital and verbally abuse and threaten the nurse in question who was on duty at the time.”

    According to the Association, Mr Opoku should have followed due process by reporting to a Medical Superintendent or a Nurse Manager under whom the nurse works.

    In view of his misconduct and gross disregard for law and order, the Association wants Mr Opoku sacked from his current position latest by Friday, December 2, 2022.

    Should the government fail to relieve Mr Alex Poku Mensah of his duty as Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme within 72 hours, “nurses and midwives of Manhyia Hospital will be called to lay down their tools, followed by the whole of Ashanti Region and then it will be escalated to the whole nation.” after registering.

    Nurses and midwives at the Manhyia District Hospital have been urged to remain calm and go about their normal duties as they wait for further directives from the leadership of the Association.

    Meanwhile, the Association has called on the management of Manhyia Hospital to ensure that the House Officer is schooled on her role in the Medical Team and the fact that nurses and midwives are patient’s advocates and “will continue to advocate for their patients and clients even if it
    makes another member in the team uncomfortable.”

    They are also calling for a Team Building and Team Work for all staff of the hospital to foster unity of purpose at the facility.

    On the other hand, Alex Opoku-Mensah has rendered an unqualified apology for his recent actions.

    “ 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,” he wrote in a Facebook post.

     

  • Audio: Exchange of words between NSS Ashanti Region boss and nurse

    Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mr. Alex Opoku, is under fire after he verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital.

    Mr Opoku is reported to have marched to the Manhyia District Hospital and confronted a nurse who drew the attention of his daughter, a House Officer, to a task she had failed to execute.

    The House Officer is said to have failed to log into the E-health system and update a patient’s prescription order. The patient would have been billed for unissued drugs but for the intervention of the nurse.

    Mr Opoku’s daughter who was displeased by the incident reported the matter to her father who later accused the nurse of being envious of his daughter.

    He also jabbed individuals who studied General Arts in Senior High School.

    Check out the heated argument between the two:

     

  • Nurse abused by A/R NSS boss transferred, receiving psychological support – GRNMA

    An unnamed nurse who engaged in a heated exchange with a public official in the Ashanti Region has been transferred from her duty post at the Manhyia District Hospital and is being given psychological support.

    This was revealed by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) stating that the actions taken are to ensure her mental safety after a clash with the Ashanti Regional director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah.

    Mr. David Tenkoreng-Twum, the GRNMA’s General Secretary in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse programme on November 29, confirmed the transfer of the nurse.

    “As I am talking to you, we have removed the nurse as quickly as possible from the hospital. The said nurse is now being given psychological support to ensure her mental safety,” he said.

    ‘This has never been my style’ – Ashanti Regional NSS director issues apology for ‘mishap’

    Alex Opoku-Mensah, who has been caught in the middle of an altercation that he had with a nurse issued an apology after the almost 10-minute exchange went viral on social media.

    In the audio recording of the incident, Mr. Alex Poku-Mensah is heard hurling insults and threats at the nurse for allegedly intimidating his daughter, who is a house officer at the hospital.

    But in an apology shared on his Facebook page, Alex Poku-Mensah stated that what happened was not his style.

    “I understand the disappointment and appreciate the inconvenience my action has caused the general public as well as the nursing fraternity and Manhyia Hospital.

    “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,” he wrote.

    He described what happened as a ‘mishap’ and asked for forgiveness.

    “I do apologize 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.