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Story Reported by Gideon Kotey
President of the Ghana Registered Nursing and Midwives Association Madam Perpetual Ofori Ampofo has called on government to invest in educating health nurses to strengthen their workforce to improve health delivery in the country.
According to her, nurses and midwives are usually the first point of call and sometimes the only health professionals patients see when facing health challenges.
Mrs. Perpetual Ofori speaking at the Nurses international Youth day celebration said there is the need to educate and groom a set of competent nurses and midwives in the health system to cater for the needs of Ghanaians across the length and breadth of the nation.
She stressed that nurses play a critical role in health promotion, disease prevention and delivering primary and community care hence the need to invest in them to improve their services.
The Greater Accra Regional Chairman for the Union Prince Opuni frimpong also called on the nurses to unite and rally behind the leaders in the Association to achieve a result.
Source: www.truthtvnews.com
Editor: Nii Amon