{"id":465670,"date":"2018-02-19T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T19:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/we-are-becoming-a-societal-threat-unemployed-nurses\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T19:10:59","slug":"we-are-becoming-a-societal-threat-unemployed-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/we-are-becoming-a-societal-threat-unemployed-nurses\/","title":{"rendered":"We are becoming a societal threat \u2013 Unemployed Nurses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 19 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/13736532.295.jpg\" alt=\"Unemployed Nurses Threaten Skdl\" title=\"Unemployed Nurses Threaten Skdl\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The nurses who have been at home despite having completed their courses are unhappy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519067459_244_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The over 2000 unposted nurses across the country picketing at the Ministry of Health say they are becoming a threat to the society due to their sordid conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The nurses who completed their studies in 2016 say despite several meetings with the Minister for Health their concerns are still unaddressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, they intend to pitch camp at the Health Ministry until their concerns are addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very tired in the house. We are begging the President to post us. We are tired. We have stayed in the house for a very long time. Our parents are fed up,\u201d one of the distraught unposted nurse told Starr News\u2019 Sefenam Agbobli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are becoming threat to the society,\u201d said another sounding exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Their predicament, they say is affecting them \u201cseriously\u201d with one saying: \u201cI have stayed in the house for two years without posting and money to buy food is a problem and always one has to ask his or her parents. I don\u2019t have a father neither do I have a mother, should I go for a boyfriend to take of me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President of the coalition Samuel Asante told Starr News they believe picketing will resolve their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that our seniors embarked on picketing and they got what they want. And even the private nurses that they are yet to post, they embarked on picketing and they have started filing their postings forms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have engaged government on a series of meetings and we think that the only way to get results is picketing so over 2000 of our members are coming here to picket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/53327743.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has given the assurance that the unposted nurses who are currently picketing at its premises will be posted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, Robert Cudjoe, measures are being put in place to get the nurses posted to various health posts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be posted, it\u2019s unfortunate they have come here and decided to picket in spite of the various meetings we have had with them. We are working towards getting them posted. Their coming here is unfortunate,\u201d he told Kwaku Obeng Adjei on the Starr Midday News Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, did not give timelines as to when the nurses will be posted.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQNBN-oQ-gI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 19 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-19 The nurses who have been at home despite having completed their courses are unhappy The over 2000 unposted nurses across the country picketing at the Ministry of Health say they are becoming a threat to the society due to their sordid conditions. 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