The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has launched a scathing attack on the General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, describing him as a ‘loose cannon’.

According to him, the remark made by Dr Tenkorang-Twum, about journalists where he said, 'we are marking them down, and we will show them when they come to the hospital,' amount to a threat on the lives of patients seeking medical care.

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“… In plain language, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum’s statement is a threat on the lives of patients,” he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Without mincing words, the lawmaker condemned the remarks, questioning the professionalism of the GRNMA General Secretary.

Agbana expressed concern over the seriousness of the comments, stressing the need for professionals to be circumspect in their utterances and to maintain decorum.

“Nurses are expected to be professional at all times and must never discriminate in their line of duty. They are not supposed to ‘mark people down’ before showing how professional they are. So, stop those ridiculous explanations,” he said.

“If a professional nurse, speaking on behalf of a reputable body like the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), can issue such reckless and irresponsible threats, then what guarantee is there that he will not actually carry them out on patients he has ‘marked down’?” he quizzed.

The Ketu North MP also criticised individuals defending Dr Tenkorang-Twum’s remarks, stating that his follow-up comment, ‘we will show them how professional we are’, was merely an afterthought.

“The dumbest defence I’ve heard for the irresponsible and callous statement of Dr David Tenkorang-Twum is the excuse that he later added, “we will show them how professional we are.”

Cut the crap and credit us with some intelligence. Go and watch the video again.

“The loose cannon, in an angry tone, clearly threatened journalists, saying ‘we are marking them down and we will show them when they come to the hospital’.”

After the host got alarmed and cautioned him, he hurriedly added, “we will show them how professional we are. That was nothing but an afterthought,” he fumed.

Background

Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, in an interview on Neat FM, stated that journalists who criticise nurses unfairly will “meet them in the hospitals.”

According to him, the intention is not to cause harm but rather to prove to such journalists that nurses and midwives are professionals in their field.

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“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 radio, we won’t do the same, we will show them professionalism.”

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