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Registered nurses, midwives, medical assistants, and registered anesthetists working in public health facilities across the country have threatened to withdraw their services beginning Monday, September 21, to press internal demands for better conditions of service.
This comes after a series of negotiations and meetings did not yield the desired results.
This was in a statement signed by the President of the Ghana Association of Registered Nurses and Midwives, Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, Mr. Emmanuel Yaw Appiah, President of the Ghana Medical Assistants Association, and Mr. Fredrick Kwame Kporxah, President of the Ghana Association of Registered Anesthetists. .
He said that the Associations issued a statement on September 4 of this year, informing their members about the position of their Employer, which was contrary to Provision 97 of the Labor Law of 2003.
“A letter dated September 9, 2020 was also sent to all interested parties informing them of the status of the negotiation and the possible actions of the different Associations,” he said.
The statement said that although the Employer’s stance changed for the better after the meetings held on September 15 and 16, 2020, it did not meet the expectations of the majority of Ghana’s registered nurses, midwives, medical assistants and registered anesthetists from there the strike.
He urged the public to seek medical attention from other health facilities during the period of the strike.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Registered Midwives of Ghana (NARM-GH), in a statement signed by its president, Ridhwana Hawa Amoako-Agyei, called on members to ignore the call to withdraw services and remain in office while they leaders continue to involve the government. through the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service, to resolve outstanding issues.
