Mr Maxwell Oduro Yeboah, the National President of the Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG), has presented GH¢7,000.
00 to a sick member at Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga East District to support her to undergo surgery.
Madam Lawrencia Tanga, also a staff of the War Memorial Hospital in Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, was involved in a road traffic accident and sustained multiple fractures on her left leg.
The nurse was scheduled to undergo surgery at a cost of GH¢12,000.00.
Mr Benjamin Ndebugri Amadu, the Upper East Regional Second Vice President of the UPNMG, who presented the cash donation on behalf of the National President, in the company of some Regional Executives, told the Ghana News Agency at Zuarungu that the welfare of members was paramount to the leadership of the Union.
He noted that the UPNMG did not only move in to support its sick members with cash to settle medical expenses, “but when a member loses a relative, we support.”
“The Union’s main initiative is that any member who is hospitalised is given GH¢30.00 daily.”
“In the case of Madam Tanga, leadership realised the daily GH¢30.00 could not help her undergo surgery and buy medications, so the Union took the initiative to present to her the cash amount of GH¢7000.00,” Mr Amadu explained.
He said when leadership of the Union in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality got wind of information about the health condition of their member, it applied to the national leadership on her behalf for support.
“And leadership responded by assisting her with the amount,” he said.
Mr Amadu said the UPNMG had over the period supported members across the region who found themselves in unfortunate situations and needed help, adding that families of deceased members were equally given GH¢8000.00 as support package.
He disclosed that between January and March 12, this year, the Union supported about 45 members including bereaved members, noting that 1.5 per cent of members’ basic salary was deducted as Union dues out of which GH¢5.00 was used as insurance for members with Enterprise Life, an insurance company.
Mr Amadu entreated newly posted nurses and midwives, who still contemplated which union to join, not to hesitate to join the UPNMG.
“Our works are remarkable, a lot of nurses and midwives have testified to the remarkable work we are doing in the nursing fraternity,” he said.
Madam Tanga and her relatives, after receiving the money at her bedside at the hospital, expressed appreciation to the Union for the support, and said the gesture had lifted some financial burden off the family.
They were hopeful that Madam Tanga would undergo a successful surgical procedure and join her colleagues at work within the shortest possible time.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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