Thirteen nurses in Upper East vacated post in 2024- Director
A total of 13 nurses in the Upper East Region vacated post in 2024, Dr Samuel Kwabena Boakye-Boateng, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.
He said apart from that, number, 96 were posted out of the Region, while three resigned within the same year, and indicated that with a target of 0.55 nurse population geographical equity index, 0.40 was recorded in 2023 and 0.39 in 2024.
On doctors, the Director said the year under review witnessed increased number of doctors in the Region, which reduced the doctor population ratio from 1:18,979 in 2023 to 1:17,833 in 2024.
Dr Boakye-Boateng, who has been reassigned to the GHS Headquarters as Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division (PPMED), disclosed this in his ...