Government is to reactivate Worawora Nurses Training School

GNA – Mr Joseph Z. Amenowode, the Volta Regional
Minister, has said plans were advanced to reactivate the defunct Worawora
Nurses Training School into a Midwifery Training institution.
He said feasibility studies on infrastructure were underway while
issues of accreditation and other academic matters are being explored.
Mr Amenowode said this at the matriculation of the third batch of 83
fresh students for the Diploma in Midwifery programme of the Hohoe Midwifery
School.
He said government’s efforts to improve healthcare delivery include the
training of auxiliary nurses to complement the services of professional
nurses and midwives.
Mr Amenowode said government’s resolve to establish a University of
Health and Allied Science with campuses in Ho and Hohoe Municipalities would
impact positively on the Hohoe Midwifery School through inter-faculty
collaboration and co-operation.
He said only 83 out of 360 qualified applicants gained admission to
pursue the year’s programme due to inadequacy of infrastructure, pledging
government’s commitment to reverse the trend.
Rev Mrs Veronica Darko, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of Nurses
and Midwives Council, urged students to imbibe the words of their oath
carefully and be guided by it.
Dr Timothy Letsa, the Acting Volta Regional Director of Ghana Health
Services, appealed to the students to work hard to replace the vacuum to be
created by the 75 percent retiring midwives in the region.
Ms Narki Doku, Principal of the school, said inadequate infrastructure
for staff and students militated against academic work for students’
population of 204, calling for assistance from public and private entities.
She said the school chalked a 100 percent record at the post basic
examinations level.
Togbega Gabusu VI, Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area and
Chairman of the School’s Advisory Board, said the school had not developed
land allotted to it, leaving it for encroachment.
GNA