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Mr.Francis Awine Anaafo, 33 year old Goaso nurse dismissed nursing trainee of the Nursing and Midwifery trainee college, Sekondi in the Western region has been slapped with a 22 months jail termed for using forged document to undergo national service as a qualified nurse at the Municipal hospital.
On Friday June 28, 2019 was sentenced by the Madina District Magistrate Court ‘1’. This is following to his conviction on the charge of defrauding by false pretense and impersonation.
On February 21, 2019 the medical superintendent of the hospital in Goaso informed the council that Francis who used the name Simon Yaw Woli was required. Mr. Francis was invited to the council head office in Accra where he was made to present his certificate of registration, result slip and national service log book.
The council after screening the document detected that Mr. Anaafo fraudulently used the name of Mr. Simon Yaw Woli, who is a qualified nursing practitioner. This was to obtain an extract of occurrence from the Ministries Police Station to the effect that his certificate, results slip and logbook were missing.
Anaafo acquirea duplicate copy of Simon Yaw Woli’s Registered General Nusing (RGN) Certificate the extract and presented it to the National Service Secretariat to register for 2018 national service. Upon a successful registration, Mr Anaafo was posted at the Goaso Municipal Hospital where he started his service in September 2018.
The intelligence and Disciplinary Department in the course of investigations contracted the real Simon Yaw Woli who had his original RGN certificate and result slip in his possession.
He revealed that, he and the 33 year old Goaso nurse commenced nursing training at the Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Sekondi in August 2013 but in 2015, he was demoted and later sacked from the school for non-performance.
Officials from the Intelligence and Disciplinary Department of Nursing and Midwifery Council with the assistance from the Airport Police on March 15, 2019 arrested Mr. Anaafo and after thorough investigations, arraigned him before Her Worship Maame Efua Tordimah (Mrs) at the Madina District Magistrate Court ‘1’. After the trail he was found guilty and sentenced to 22 months imprisonment for defrauding by false pretense and impersonation.
The Council shall tighten the noose around practitioner’s and person seeking to practice nursing and midwifery in the country on the basis of possessing fake documents. The Council is therefore appealing to managers of health facilities, training institutions, media and the general public to report any suspicious and unprofessional conducts from practitioner’s to Council for the necessary regulation actions to be taken.
Story by: Osei Abigail/pinkfmonlinegh.com
