Head of Emergency Medicine Directorate at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Chris Oppong, has expressed worry over the high rate of young experienced nurses leaving the facility.
He says quality service delivery is adversely impacted when the experienced health professionals abandon post for greener pastures outside the country.

"it's worried a lot of the young experienced nurses are traveling out of the country," he said.
Speaking at the send off ceremony of Mrs Augustina Barbara Nkrumah, he observed the young experienced nurses to replace the retiring professionals are fast depleting.
The hire attrition rate of health professionals has been a subject of public discussion in recent times.

The government has been enjoined to institute measures to retain health professionals in the interest of patients.
For 37 years, Mrs. Augustina Barbara Nkrumah dedicated her life to serving patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
She is retiring as the Chief Nursing Officer at the Emergency Medicine Directorate of the hospital.

Her colleagues celebrate her contribution to dedication to good service delivery.
In her keynote address Mrs Barbara Nkrumah urged the young nurses to uphold professionalism in their care for patients.
"You need to adhere respect to any patients because you don't know his or her where about," she said.
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