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Accra Metropolitan Assembly Public Health Director Florence Kuukyi has called on the government to list the Covid-19 burial team as beneficiaries of the front-line health worker package.
This comes after a team member tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Speaking on the Accra-based radio station, he noted that the work carries many risks, therefore the government must give them the necessary attention.
“When we go to the test, we make calls and they redirect us to other places. That frustrates us. So we are sitting here not knowing our next step.
“At the start of this Covid-19 fight, we all thought there would be insurance coverage for anyone who contracts the virus and dies in the line of work, but here’s the case, we don’t even know who to turn to, which does our job. it’s disheartening, ”he said.
He complained about the poor treatment they receive despite the risks that their job entails.
He added that “a lot of attention has been paid to our colleagues on the creative side. The same should be true for those of us on the preventive side.
“We are sitting here, if someone dies in the house, they will call us to go and take the body without even knowing the cause of death. We have been collecting roadside corpses since this Covid-19 fight started putting us in danger, but all these things seem to go unseen. So if you pay attention to others, we also deserve some attention. “
Some members of the burial team have already expressed frustration over improper motivation.
So, at the weekly burial at Awudome Cemetery on Thursday, they called on the government to keep its promise.
“They have paid doctors and nurses in this Covid-19 fight. They have been paid all the benefits they deserve. But those of us who do the burials, look at us; [we’ve received] nothing.”
“Since March they haven’t given us a peswa,” said a member of the burial team.
They then threatened to resign from their duties if the attacks by relatives of people who die as a result of the coronavirus do not stop.
