A total of 13 nurses in the Upper East Region vacated their posts in 2024, Dr.

Samuel Kwabena Boakye-Boateng, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said.

He stated that apart from that number, 96 nurses were posted out of the region, while three resigned within the same year.

He also indicated that with a target nurse population geographical equity index of 0.55, the region recorded 0.40 in 2023 and 0.39 in 2024.