According to some teachers at the school, they were acting on a directive to prevent all pregnant students from taking part in the exams.

[contextly_sidebar id=”JgLUwrS37lMi75m34dnVmbYhAR96nx0S”]The victim, Cecilia Awuni, who was to complete her course on Friday, May 12, 2017 was asked by authorities to go home and return to the school next academic year to complete her program.

The action by the school authorities appears to be against the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s guidelines which clearly does not indicate that pregnant students be sacked.

Possible lawsuit

Meanwhile, Francis Xavier Sosu, lawyer for the victim has hinted of plans to hurl the school before court for the action.

According to him, although the Nursing and Midwifery Training Council is making arrangements for Mrs. Awuni to write her supplementary papers, a formal decision is yet to be communicated to them and his outfit is bent on ensuring that the rights of his client are protected.

“This matter has come to the attention of the Midwifery Council and the council is making the arrangement for her to be able to write her supplementary exams and we welcome that but that has not yet been formally communicated to us.

“I have instruction from my client to issue a writ for the enforcement of her right not be discriminated against under  33 of the 1992 constitution and order 67 CI 47 so we are taking a number steps to make sure that her rights are protected.”

The school has become notorious for turning away pregnant students when they arrive at examination centers to write their exams. Last year, it gained media attention when it sacked some students for being pregnant and denied them the opportunity to write their exams.

Lawyer Xavier-Sosu who again represented those students described it as a”worrying trend”.

“We are surprised that this matter is recurring. It is recurring because some of the principals who do not understand right matters and secondary midwifery councils are not punishing principals who violate the directive to allow these students to write,” he said.

He threatened that if the principal of the school is not appropriately sanctioned, his outfit will be forced to resort to the Human Rights division of the High Court to seek a declaration that, the supposed policy that barred pregnant students of Nursing and Midwifery Colleges from taking part in examinations was unconstitutional and violates the human rights of such students.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The journal provides Nursing and Midwifery practitioners with continuing education in academic and clinical science to support informed decision making, and educate practitioners about the values and processes in the profession.

The journal also offers the platform for the academia and researchers as well as practitioners in various health institutions to place their research findings in public.

Speaking at the launch, Mr Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Minister of Health said the profession was best suited to observe and adjust treatments, medications and habits for patients, hence the need for research to influence current and future practice.

He said nursing and midwifery research could provide specialised insight other healthcare research might miss.

He said research held nurses and midwives accountable to high professional standards which encouraged their growth.

The Minister observed that the growth of the profession would depend on the ability of its members to build and share knowledge.

Mr Manu commended the Council for initiating a policy that allowed practitioners to conduct and publish research to tackle emerging issues and gain continuing professional development points to renew their license.

He said the Ministry in collaboration with the Council and the health facilities had made efforts to make available well trained nurses and midwives to offer prompt and efficient health care services.

“The vision of government is to see that the right to health of all Ghanaians is granted through an established health sector with sustainable ability to deliver affordable, equitable and easily accessible healthcare,” he added.

He explained that to realise this vision, the Ministry in partnership with other health organizations that would expand health promotion programmes, scale up disease prevention strategies and improve access to curative and emergency services through human resource and health infrastructure development.

Mr Manu said government was committed to providing Ghanaians with adequate and efficient healthcare facilities while committing resources into the training and practice of nurses and midwives.

“Government requires from you the “yes we can” attitude and provision of guidance to clients along the right pathways to wellness”.

He commended the Council for the introduction of French and sign language as new courses for the training of nurses and midwives to expand care to cover impaired persons and those from neighboring Francophone countries.

Mr Felix Nyante, Registrar of the Council, said his outfit intended to make the journal a regular publication and to use it to keep stakeholders in touch with new research findings and developments within the profession.

He said the Council had instituted programmes to prevent healthcare through community education and clean-up exercises.

He said the Council would continue to work towards its mandate in ensuring quality healthcare delivery.

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Source: GNA

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