‘Rapture-like‘ exodus of health professionals hits Ashanti region

The hospital is one of the facilities hardly hit by the exodus of health professionals, especially nurses in the Ashanti region.

Patients queuing at Kumasi South Hospital

The exodus of critical health professionals is now a daily phenomenon and not a monthly or weekly basis.

“On daily basis, we have nurses leaving our facility,” a perplexed Dr

Authorities at the Ghana Health Service are frustrated at the growing number of health professionals, especially nurses, leaving for greener pastures abroad.

Dr.Emmanuel-KojoTinkorang is the Ashanti Regional Director of Ghana Health Service

In the Ashanti region alone, over 300 nurses vacated posts in the first quarter of this year.

The exodus of nurses is depleting critical units of some health facilities in the Ashanti region, where 304 nurses have left for abroad in the first quarter of 2023 alone.

Deputy Director General, Ghana Health Service

The Ghana Health Service appears to be helpless in finding an antidote to the brain drain as concerns emerge about the possible impact on quality healthcare delivery since the few hands at the health facilities are overburdened.