The Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses has threatened to embark on a demonstration if government fails to employ their members into the mainstream health sector.
According to the leadership of the coalition, government’s decision not to employ them amounts to discrimination, since financial clearance was given to state-trained nurses.
At a press conference to press home their demands, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Coalition, Doreen Boateng stated that all attempts to ensure they get financial clearance have been fruitless.
She also explained that President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Government have prioritized state-trained nurses over them, a situation they described as regrettable.
The coalition has given government a 10-working-day ultimatum to begin the processes of employing them.
“There is no plan to recruit privately-trained nurses into the mainstream health sector like is being done for state-sponsored nurses for the Government made it clear that it will continue to give priority to nurses from public trained when the President said In the 2019 state of the nation address.”
“This is a clear example of discriminatory injustice, so we are giving the government 10 working days to reply this letter and we will press on our demands until civil society gets to understand that we are being treated unfairly and until Government hears us we are going to hold a mega demonstration dubbed ‘Ku me preko’ to share our grievances.”
MoH to recruit nurses
The Ministry of Health in a press statement has revealed that government intends to commence recruitment processes for qualified general nurses, midwives, mental nurses, registered community health nurses and allied health professionals.
The process is scheduled to begin on Thursday 21st March 2019.
“Following a financial clearance granted by the Ministry of Finance for the recruitment of the 2016 batch of the above-mentioned categories of Health Professionals from the Public health training institutions, the Ministry of health wishes to inform the general public, particularly, qualified trainees who fall within the above description that it will commence recruitment process into the various agencies from Thursday 21st March, 2019”
The statement signed by the Chief Director at the Health Ministry Nana Kwabena Adjei-Mensah called on all qualified persons to ensure their applications is submitted on Thursday, 28th March 2019.
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By: Jude Mensa Duncan | citinewsroom.com | Ghana | duncanmensa@gmail.com