Fake Nurse Grabbed At KATH

A young man believed to be in his mid-20s has been arrested at the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital for posing as a nurse of the facility and extorting money from innocent patients.

The imposter whose identity was only given as Nelson claimed to be a worker at Bomso Clinic which turned not be true was immediately picked up on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, by the Emergency Police Station after attempting to attend to a patient.

Speaking to OTEC News’ Nana Asare, a management member of the hospital confirmed the suspect is not known in any official records of the hospital.
According to an eyewitness, the suspect claims he had applied for a job at the facility but has since not received any confirmation and has been hovering around every day in uniform in the facility.

He said the frustration of joblessness after completing his nursing training compelled him to arbitrarily start work at the hospital, indicating that his first attempt at attending to a patient gave him up.

He claimed he had applied for a job here but they haven’t given him an appointment letter and somehow decided to offer philanthropic services without anybody’s authority.

The Ashanti region police have begun questioning the suspect to ascertain his motive for taking the life-threatening job as a nurse.

President of NASPA suspended

The president of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Philip Quaye has been suspended over allegations of malfeasance and misconduct towards council members.

A statement signed by Acting NASPA president, Mohammed Hardi has, therefore, warned the general public not to deal with the suspended president.
Meanwhile, the National Service Secretariat has reconsidered its decision to make compulsory deductions from service personnel’s allowances as insurance.

In a press statement signed by the Executive Director, Mustapha Ussif, the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) said the “insurance policy is now optional.”

The latest decision was taken at an Emergency Executive Council Meeting of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) in Accra on Wednesday.

There were earlier threats to sue the National Service Secretariat over the move.
Convener for a group calling itself the Concerned National Service Personnel Association of Ghana, Agbodo Williams had indicated that they had gathered enough signatures from personnel all over to begin a legal challenge against the move.

But the recent statement said that the management of the scheme has now suspended the mandatory GH¢15 deduction from the monthly allowance of service personnel.