A former worldwide sprinter as soon as described because the “fastest woman in Africa” is retiring after virtually 5 many years as an NHS nurse.
Matron Rose Amankwaah, who represented Ghana on the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, will retire on the finish of this month after 49 years as an NHS nurse.
The theatre matron began working for the NHS in 1975, simply three years after she ran within the 100m relay for Ghana on the Munich 1972 Olympics.
Mrs Amankwaah, identified affectionately as Matron Rose whereas at work, has spent her complete nursing profession at Central Middlesex Hospital in London.
She was initially given weekends off so she may proceed her athletics coaching.
Mrs Amankwaah competed in a lot of main competitions together with the Africa Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.
Last 12 months she was given the NHS Silver Medal Award by England’s chief nurse, Dame Ruth May.
Mrs Amankwaah moved to England in 1974 aged 22 and shortly afterwards began coaching to be a nurse.
She was then employed by the hospital as a employees nurse and completed her profession as theatre matron.
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Meetings with royalty and politicians
During her time at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, the mother-of-four and grandmother-of-10 has met each royalty and senior politicians, with footage displaying Ms Amankwaah shaking palms with the King, the then-Prince of Wales, and former prime minister Tony Blair.
“I’m happy that I’m going to have some time with my family but I have been in this hospital all my life, so retirement feels like losing something – you’re part of the furniture and all of a sudden you are not going to be,” she mentioned.
“But I’m so happy that I have achieved what I want to achieve.”
Retirement journey to Ghana
Her first journey in retirement will probably be to Ghana to go to her 87-year-old sister, with a lot of different holidays within the pipeline.
She remains to be contemplating whether or not to remain on the nursing register and work in a financial institution position to offer supplementary cowl when referred to as on.
Her athletics accolades embrace a bronze medal within the 4x100m relay on the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1974, representing Ghana in the identical race on the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and a gold medal in a 200m race in an Africa versus America athletics competitors in 1973.
She additionally gained a silver medal within the 100m on the Africa Games and was a part of the Ghanaian staff that gained the 4x100m relay on the similar competitors.
Source: information.sky.com”