The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG), led by Mr. Maxwell Oduro Yeboah has presented a amount money of GH 9000.00 to Mr. Joseph Batayire, a staff of the Pindaa Community- Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region who was involved in Road Traffic Accident and sustained a fracture of the iliac crest.
Mr. Mahamadu Musah, the Regional President of the UPNMG who presented the money on the behalf of the National President, said the donation was to assist their injured member to settle his hospital bills.
Mr. Musah said:
"We in UPNMG take welfare issues, particularly the health care of members very serious. So we moved in to support our own. It is our prayer that he will recover soon and return to work."
The Regional President emphasized that Union shouldn't just be interested in members' salary, however should be delicate to the plight of members.
Mr. Musah reechoed the benefits members of the UPNMG enjoy, which icludes:
UPNMG shop/employ buy, UPNMG house and land scheme, insurance policies, soft loans, Union souvenirs, cloths among others.
Explaining the insurance policy, Mr. Musah indicate that members enjoy "Hospitalization and Critical Care" policies, and explained that under the hospitalization policy, sick members on admission received GH 30.00 every day until they were discharged.
He further explained that with the "Critical Care" policy, huge amounts of cash were used to settle hospital bills of members with basic health issue who Specialist treatment, and recalled that a member was recently supported to go through a kidney treatment in India under the policy.
He expressed membership of the UPNMG was open to all qualified nurses and midwives in Ghana, and called all to join the Union to make it more formidable.
Mr. Benson Nsoh Azure, the Kassena-Nankana Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said Mr. Batayire was one of the hardworking staff of the Service in the Municipal.
Mr. Azure said:
"Obviously, this gesture by the Union has put smiles on the face of our staff. For his family and staff of the GHS in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal, we need to thank the UPNMG particularly for the donation."
Mr. Batayire, the injured staff, indicate that he was proud to be member of the UPNMG, and further offered his thanks to the union's leadership for their support and show of solidarity.