Health News of Wednesday, 31 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has withdrawn the licenses and certificates of a fake 'Nurse Assistant', a 'Midwife', and a ‘Trainee Midwife’ from its register. According to the council, the fake 'Practitioners' and 'Trainee' were apprehended over impersonation and forged documents to gain admission into Nursing and Midwifery Training Institutions. The culprit's Ms Abigail Bobin and Ms Esther Abuubey used certificates belonging to others to gain admission into the Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Kpembe in the Northern region. She admitted in her written statement when she was invited by the Registrar to the Council of forging documents to gain admission. However, he appealed to Heads of Nursing & Midwifery Training institutions and Health Facilities to assist the Council with information on suspected students and practitioners respectively to enable the Council to rid the system of quacks.

Source: GhanaWeb March 31, 2021 12:56 UTC