An interview that CHRONICLE had with the acting Director of the Human Resource Department of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), Dr. Ken Sagoe, has revealed that in the first quarter of the year alone, about one hundred and forty-four nurses from two teaching hospitals left the nursing profession due to poor conditions of service.

Giving the two teaching hospitals as Korle-Bu and Okomfo Anokye, he said at least one to four nurses leave their profession every week at both hospitals.

He hinted that those who left either took early retirement or went in for leave without pay.

After leaving Ghana many of them take up nursing courses in countries like Canada, UK and the U.S.A., which courses include accident and orthopaedic nursing, for which they are paid between ?24,000 and ?40,000 almost the same as that of a Consultant.