The Director of the National Service
Scheme (NSS) in the Ashanti Region, Alex Opoku Mensah has been suspended for
two months without pay for verbally abusing a nurse at the Manhyia Government
Hospital.
After the incident in November 2022,
the NSS on December 1, 2022, temporarily suspended him to make way for
investigations following an emergency meeting.
However, a fresh directive from the
NSS says Mr. Opoku-Mensah has been suspended for two months without
remuneration. The suspension takes immediate effect.
This was after a committee completed
its assignment and submitted the report to Management.
Mr. Opoku-Mensah is said to have
verbally abused a nurse over the manner in which the healthcare provider spoke
with his daughter who is also a doctor at the facility.
The nurse had called the house
officer to amend a prescription because what the latter had prescribed was
unavailable at the pharmacy.
According to the Medical
Superintendent, Dr. Hussein, the house officer is said to have taken offence at
how the nurse spoke with her, and thus protested.
Dr. Hussein said the house officer
happened to have been in the company of her father when she spoke with the
nurse on phone. As such, Mr. Opoku-Mensah was infuriated by the turn of events
and followed his daughter to the hospital.
Alex Opoku-Mensah has since apologized
for his actions and said he is not known to be abusive or violent.
In an audio recording that has gone
viral, Mr Opoku-Mensah said, “you are very frustrated…Who born dog?…you envy
her, and you don’t respect. Are you a doctor? Who are you? Are you mad? Is the
hospital yours? Stupid idiot. That your useless nursing that you do, useless
woman… Do you know who I am? I am the Regional Director of the National Service
Scheme. Some of you are under me.”
But the headquarters of the scheme
would have none of that as the situation triggered an uproar from some health
associations.
The latest development also demands
that the embattled Ashanti Regional boss apologizes to the NSS for bringing its
name into disrepute through his action.
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