The General Secretary of Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), David Tenkoreng-Twum says the Association is pleased with the punishment meted out to the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah.

Mr Opoku-Mensah has been suspended for two months without pay for verbally abusing a nurse at the Manhyia Government Hospital.

According to Mr David Tenkoreng-Twum, though GRNMA demanded a total dismissal, they are reconsidering the demand because he was remorseful.

“I must say that we are very satisfied although we were asking for a total dismissal of same,… we should move on. After all, we are not asking him to go home and waste away,” he said.

Mr David Tenkoreng-Twum made this remark in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Wednesday.

His comments were in response to a question by the host about whether GRNMA was willing to give the Ashanti NSS boss a second chance.

“Of course, why not? We believe that we are all human beings, we err at one point and we have seen the recommendations that have been laid out by the committee constituted to look into the matter,” he told JoyNews’ Blessed Sogah.

It would be recalled that the Ashanti Regional NSS boss, Alex Opoku-Mensah is said to have verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia Government Hospital who had a misunderstanding with his daughter (a house officer).

The nurse had called the house officer to suggest a change in prescription because what the latter had prescribed was unavailable at the pharmacy.

According to the Medical Superintendent, Dr Hussein, the house officer is said to have taken offence at how the nurse spoke with her, and so protested.

Dr. Hussein said the house officer happened to have been in the company of her father when she spoke with the nurse on phone. As such, Mr. Opoku-Mensah was infuriated by the turn of events and followed his daughter to the hospital.

In an audio recording that went viral, Mr. Opoku-Mensah is heard saying, “You are very frustrated…Who born dog?…you envy her, you don’t respect. Are you a doctor? Who are you? Are you mad? Is the hospital yours? Stupid idiot.. that your useless nursing that you do, useless woman… Do you know who I am? I am the Regional Director of National Service Scheme. Some of you are under me.”

Although the NSS boss has apologised for his utterances, the Management of the National Service Scheme in a statement issued on Thursday suspended him for verbally abusing the nurse.

The embattled Ashanti Regional boss has been directed to apologise to the NSS for bringing its name into disrepute through his action.