BREMAN ASIKUMA GETS NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL (PAGE 22, OCT 22, 2010)

A PRIVATE Nurses’ Training School to train nurses in community health, health assistants and diploma in general nursing, has been established at Breman Asikuma in the Central Region.
The first batch of 250 students is expected to be enrolled in November, this year, to begin a two-year certificate programme in community health nursing, health assistants, clinical and a three-year diploma in general nursing.
At a ceremony to launch the school, the Christian School of Nursing, Mr Noah Kwesi Mends, the founder of the school said the National Accreditation Board had given accreditation for the establishment of the school.
Mr Mends said the school was being established in collaboration with a group from the European Union, and Aid N Action, a non-governmental organisation.
A member of the Nurses and Midwifery Council of Ghana, Ms Yvonne Hayfron said since public health training institutions were not adequate to train sufficient health personnel to meet the country’s demand, the private sector had a role to play to complement the government’s efforts.
Ms Hayfron called on the management of the school to ensure that students who would be trained at the school would be re-orientated with constant research and professional ethics to render quality health service to the populace.
The Nurse Manager of the Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Breman Asikuma, Ms Paulina Essuman, said the mission of the school was to educate professional nurses within a Christian environment with the requisite academic ability, professional competencies dedicated to the provision of high quality care to individuals, families and communities.
The Omanhene of the Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, who chaired the function, pledged his support for the school and said education and health were key to his development agenda.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu said he had initiated a stakeholders forum to plan and strategise for the development of the area which cumulated in a five-year development plan, adding that the school would enhance the plan.
He commended the Church of Christ for its vision and said since chiefs were now striving to develop their areas, he would support the school to achieve its mission and vision.