The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has criticised the nurse at the centre of the recent Ridge Hospital assault case, following a committee’s report which found no shoulder dislocation or fracture as previously claimed.
Speaking on Channel One TV on Thursday, August 28, Mr. Vanderpuye said the nurse’s credibility and professional reputation are now at stake.
“In this incident, your whole profession as a health professional is at stake. I wonder how people will see her within the space and which institutions will want to work with her because her head of department is saying something contrary to what she said,” he said.
He added that the nurse mishandled the matter by pursuing it personally instead of allowing Ridge Hospital to take responsibility.
“The first person you will report to is your head of department. If she had reported to the head of department and management, Ridge Hospital as an institution would take up this fight,” he explained.
Mr. Vanderpuye also criticised her for approaching the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) instead of her workplace.
“The association she belongs to should not be the maiden institution that fights this. You can’t run to your association and leave your main department,” he said.
Source: Albert Kuzor
