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Pregnant women at the Chuchuliga Health Center in the Builsa Norte district of the Upper East region were turned away on Monday following a strike declared by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA).
Pregnant women were disappointed in the turn of events when they visited the facility for their regular antenatal and postnatal care services.
They grumbled as they walked away from the deserted facilities, after some nurses and midwives briefed them from their nearby neighborhoods about the strike action, they had lined up in hopes of being treated.
Mrs. Gifty Anigi, a pregnant woman said she was not aware of the strike, “because I don’t want to join a long queue, I was here very early and they told me that the nurses were on strike. I come from a distant place, now I have to walk back without any care, ”he said.
Another future mother, Mrs. Patricia Amabe, was also disappointed when she walked away without being treated and said: “Nurses on strike, then we will die, I had no idea they were on strike, I was scheduled for the ANC today, so when will they resume? “. she asked.
About 10 pregnant women were seen walking away when the GNA arrived at the facility at 11:40 a.m.
Mr. Gibilida Atanga, a nurse at the center, told the GNA that the Outpatient Department was full at 06:00, “We had to inform them that we are on strike and we cannot attend to them, so they had to leave.”
“Today is Monday, most of them are here for bandages, prenatal care and postnatal services, but we had to send them back. We cannot provide services, it is sad because some of the wounds have not been healed in the last three days ”.
He said that pregnant women needed proper care, but nurses were unable to help and advised them to visit private health facilities for health care services.
While at the facility, a woman rushed to the health center facilities, her son of about five years tied behind her back with the cat bite complaint, but was also carelessly rejected.
The GRNMA and its allied Association are demanding better service conditions from the government and hope to achieve their goal with strike action.
