NARBITA-MATRICULATION

Rose Hayford Darko , Tema

The Director of Human Resource for Health Development at the Ministry of Health Dr Yaw Antwi Boasiako has commended the Narh Bita School of Nursing in Tema for their immense contribution to health care delivery in the country .

He said the institution has produced competent and skillful health professionals as providers of health care in the country .

Dr Antwi Boasiako was speaking at the 4th Matriculation ceremony of the Narh Bita School of Nursing at Tema .

The School was admitting 56 students to do General Nursing and 163 for the Health Assistant (Clinical ) programme.

Dr Antwi Boasiako noted that the next five year strategic plan of the Ministry of Health sought to maintain closer collaboration with private sector institutions that train health professionals .

He stated that under the programme , the Ministry would strengthen technical support to the private health training institutions and ensure high standards of professional conduct of those institutions .

Dr Antwi Boasiako appealed to the students to work hard to change some of the perceptions the public have about nurses .

He said the hitherto well respected and trustworthy nurse has now been seen by the public as callous ,less caring and enthusiastic in the performance of duties .

Dr Antwi Boasiako entreated them to make good use of the knowledge they would acquire to enable them contribute to the development of Ghana .

The Medical Director of the Narh- Bita School of Nursing , Dr Edward Narh disclosed that as a result of their commitment to nursing education , the Ministry of Health has given approval for the school to train Medical Assistants .

He noted that it was aimed at addressing the shortage of Doctors especially in the rural areas of the country to bring health delivery to the doorsteps of Ghanaians.

Dr Narh said the School has plans to expand to cover other programs like Midwifery , Herbal medicine ,Dispensary and Laboratory Technician courses .

The Vice Principal of the School , Mrs Comfort Affram said students of the School
in the company of some the Doctors undertook medical outreach programme to inculcate into them the spirit of voluntary and communal service .
She said the activities included health talk on malaria prevention ,personal hygiene and HIV/ Aids prevention . There was also screening of for different ailments such as eye, common cold ,hypertension , waist pain , skin infection and malnutrition .

Mrs Affram therefore urged the matriculants to learn hard and be disciplined to achieve the high standards set by the School to justify the confidence reposed in them .

The Tema Mantse Nii Adjei Kraku 11 congratulated the founder of the School
for making Tema proud by setting up the institution in Tema .

He said Tema had industries and hospitals but the Narh Bita School of Nursing was the first to be set up in the metropolis and therefore .

Nii Kraku appealed to professionals to turn their attention to instituting ventures which would not only be for profit but also serve the needs of the people .

The Tema Municipal Chief Executive , Mr David Quaye Annang who chaired the function urged the students to see themselves as agents of change because through hard work they would be changing society .

He appealed to them to make their stay in the School fruitful and beneficial to themselves and guardians who have supported them .