Prophet Kofi Oduro, the General Overseer of Alabaster International Ministries, has fired the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) following the Ridge Hospital brouhaha.
The man of God, speaking to his congregants on Sunday, August 31, 2025, stated, “These registered nurses, who could be someone’s mother or someone’s father, appear on TV to say stupid things to taint the image of all nurses. We all saw what happened in the videos circulating, and yet a supposed professional comes on TV to tell stupid lies.
“Madam nurse, will you be able to attend a crusade? Will you be able to go to communion this Sunday? God will judge you! If not for the fact that Ghana is a stupid nation, all of you would have been sacked by now,” he said.
The man of God further slammed the GRNMA General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, who, in a viral video, threatened media personnel.
Prophet Kofi Oduro fumed, “How can a registered nurse threaten somebody, saying ‘you will come and meet us at the hospital?’ What kind of nonsense is that? You are threatening a potential patient even before they come to your hospital. Are you waiting to kill someone at your medical facility? Stupid people with no sense”.
According to Prophet Kofi Oduro, he has no trust in government hospitals and warned his wife not to take him to Korle Bu or 37 military hospital.
“As I stand here, I have no trust in government hospitals. I have told my wife, ‘Don’t take me to Korle Bu, don’t take me to 37, if there is an emergency, ’” he added.
His comments come on the back of the committee set up by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, a shocking revelation was made that the Ridge Hospital nurse suffered no fracture or shoulder dislocation.
According to the committee, there was no medical evidence to support the claims that nurse Rejoice Tsotso Bortei claims.
Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, the Chairman of the Committee, added that the alleged victim reported her injuries on August 18, but there were no signs of a fracture in her left wrist or a dislocation in her right shoulder joint.
The committee added that the nurse was treated and given pain relief medication.
Presenting its report to the Health Minister, Dr Lawrence Ofori-Boadu stated, “Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, who is a rotation nurse, reported her injury to the hospital a day after the incident on the 18th of August and was further treated. There was no evidence of fracture on her left wrist or dislocation of her right shoulder joint as documented by the medical records.
“She has, however, been treated and given pain relief, recommended for bed rest, and received psychological support care,” the committee stated.
Also, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum issued a threat to Journalists who are criticising nurses unfairly following the Ridge Hospital incident.
According to the GRNMA Secretary, those Journalists criticising nurses have been marked and they are going to meet them at the hospital.
He noted that he intends to prove to them that they are professionals and do not intend to cause them harm.
Speaking in an interview on Neat FM, Dr Tenkorang-Twum said, “Those journalists, we have marked them. They will come and meet us in the hospital; I am serious about this. I said they will come and meet us in the hospital, and we will show them that we are professionals.
“They are in their offices saying all sorts of things they want, but when they come to us, we will prove to them in our consulting rooms that we are professionals”.
“Not that we will do them evil, but we will demonstrate that we are professionals. The nonsense they do on the radio, we won’t do the same, we will show them professionalism”, he added.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has demanded that the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum to retract his “reckless comments” within five days and issue a public apology.
Albert Kwabena Dwumfour warned that the GJA will hold him responsible for any harm that comes to a journalist visiting a hospital and is prepared to petition relevant agencies.
According to Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, if the GRNMA General Secretary fails to retract his statement, the GJA will not hesitate to pursue legal action.
The GJA President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, in a press briefing in Accra stated, “ GRNMA General Secretary must with five days retract his reckless comments and issue a public apology, or we’ll petition relevant agencies. We’ll hold him responsible for anything that happens to any journalist who visits a hospital”
“If the GRNMA General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, fails to retract his statement, we will not hesitate to go to court to pursue legal action against him”, he added.
Watch the video below:
Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and Rejoice Bortei you people have a MISSED call from Prophet Kofi Oduro👏💯 pic.twitter.com/yzVYONu11t
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