Lt Colonel Beatric Obieley Okine Rtd. was born in Tarkwa  to Mr Emmanuel Akwetey and Mercy Dede Tay on the 5th of November 1940.  She joined the Ghana Army in 1968 as a nurse midwife.  She was part of the first batch of officer cadets to undergo 6 months of academy training instead of the one-month training previously done by cadets.

She was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1969 with an intake of 11 and in 1972 promoted to the rank of Captain.  She worked in most of the departments of the 37 military hospital namely the medical, surgical, theatre and maternity and became officer-in-charge of all the medical and female wards including obstetrics and gynecology.

She worked in Kumasi from 1971-1972, Takoradi from 1973-1974 and pursued a public health nursing course at Korle Bu from 1974-1975.   This made her the first public health nurse of the 37 Military Hospital where she worked at the Hygiene Wing of the hospital, bringing her knowledge and expertise to the job.  She then pursued further studies between 1979 and 1980 obtaining a certificate in nursing administration from the University of Ghana, Legon which was followed by a diploma in nursing tutorship which at the time was equivalent to a degree in nursing in countries like Nigeria.  She was then assigned as a tutor with the public health unit of the nurses training school.  Beatrice was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1989 and retired from the army in 1996.  In 2004 she entered the University of Cape Coast for a master’s degree in  nursing educational administration.   She remained in the hospital as a civilian employee and continued teaching at the 37 Military hospital nursing training school until she turned 60.

Lt. Colonel Beatrice Okine  queried the early retirement of 55 years for long service female officers and advocated for a revision of the regulation to be moved to 60 years.  She also advocated for more female officers to be promoted to the rank of Colonel even though this was implemented after her retirement from the army.

She served as a member of the Ghana Society for the prevention of tuberculosis and the first president of the Public Health Nurses Association of Ghana.  After becoming a member of the Ghana Nurses and Midwifery Council, Lt. Colonel Beatrice Okine was appointed as an examiner of SRN Diploma in Nursing for the entire nation.  She also served with Ghana’s peace keeping force in Rwanda in 1990.  She shared her knowledge and experience in Nigeria, the United Kingdome, Tanzania, Kenya, Israel and Lebanon.

Upon retirement, she became the principal of several schools and the ”T matron of Nyaho Hospital, Airport for two years.