A doctor and a nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital are said to have misunderstood each other, according to the Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana.
The Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Secretariat, Mr. Alex Poku Mensah, was caught on camera verbally assaulting a staff nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital, according to a GhanaWeb article from Tuesday, November 29, 2022.
Mr. Alex Poku Mensah was captured on audio of the event cursing and threatening the nurse for reportedly frightening his daughter, a house officer at the hospital.
Several accounts claim that the aforementioned nurse telephoned Mr. Poku Mensah’s daughter to advise her that she needed to come back to the facility to update a patient’s information on the hospital’s patient management system.
The Junior Doctors’ Association, in response, claims that incorrect information is being spread about the aforementioned doctor in an apparent effort to undermine his or her professional ability.
The group clarified in a press release that allegations that the doctor gave the youngster the incorrect medication were untrue.
They stated that, contrary to what has been implied, the doctor did not examine any children on the surgical ward that day but, rather, had appropriately prescribed an intravenous fluid for a patient.