Source: newsthemegh.com
According to the Ghana Health Service, 3,688 medical professionals have left the nation in the last three years in search of better chances outside.
Both crucial and professional caregivers are included in this. Unfavorable working conditions in Ghana are cited as the reason for the departure of several healthcare professionals.
The Ghana Health Service has responded to this alarming trend by addressing the problem. For unprofessional nurses, the agency has updated and doubled study leave as of 2021.
Many of these nurses should be qualified to assist in filling the consequent staffing shortage by the middle of the following year.
However, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu proposed that the government take into consideration raising compensation in order to address this persistent issue during the legislative discussion on the Health Ministry’s 2024 budget.
He underlined the necessity of carrying out a comprehensive audit of the departing nurses in order to ascertain the magnitude of the shortfall and expedite the hiring of substitutes.