Yamfo (Ahafo), Feb. 26, GNA – Dr. Dr. Mohammed M. Ibrahim, the Director, College of Health, Yamfo (CoHY), has encouraged practicing and trainee nurses to seek relevant modern technological knowledge to enhance healthcare delivery.
According to him, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a re-look at how healthcare should be delivered worldwide.
He said the Management of the College therefore considered it a necessity and motivation to use technology in training students to fit perfectly into the current trend of healthcare delivery.
Dr. Dr. Ibrahim was speaking on the theme, “The Role of the Trainee in Delivering Quality Healthcare in Response to Changing Trends” at the 2021/2022 academic year Matriculation, where 732 fresh students were admitted to the College on Saturday at Yamfo in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.
He commended the Government for promoting and leading the “national digitization drive”, saying the College was thus investing to build a robust Information Technology (IT) infrastructure for students and staff to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in their work.
Dr. Dr. Ibrahim said the lessons taught by the COVID-19, especially its effects on healthcare workers demanded a re-examination of the packaging and delivery of healthcare services by healthcare policy makers and managers.
“There is the need in that regard for a paradigm shift from how things are done to ensure quality output of health workers for quality state of health of the populace, “the CoHY Director said.
The pandemic, he indicated had led to health institutions and facilities moving away from the traditional ways of healthcare delivery to new scientific ways by adopting modern technologies in their operations.
Dr. Dr. Ibrahim said calls for E-medicine or telemedicine by stakeholders in the world were many and louder now than ever.
He advised the fresh students to avoid any form of procrastination by realizing the enormity of their academic responsibility and to approach their academic work with the greatest degree of punctuality and seriousness to achieve their objectives.
Dr. Dr. Ibrahim emphasised that they must bear a sense of responsibility and aspire to have their names ultimately written in the good books of the College.
Nana Ansa Adu-Baah II, the Paramount Chief of Yamfo Traditional Area in a remark entreated the students to be mindful of their attitudes and behavior and focus well on their studies to be well-equipped and eventually exit the College as well-trained and excellent health care professionals.
GNA