{"id":489196,"date":"2011-10-11T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/10\/11\/mills-begs-doctors-to-call-off-strike\/"},"modified":"2011-10-11T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T14:29:01","slug":"mills-begs-doctors-to-call-off-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/11\/mills-begs-doctors-to-call-off-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills begs doctors to call off strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/50a77915prez_mills.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24795\" title=\"prez_mills\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/50a77915prez_mills.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President John Evans Atta Mills<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President John Mills has appealed to striking doctors to call off the four-day old strike and return to work.<\/p>\n<p>He said things have become difficult and urged the agitated doctors to consider dying patients at the various hospitals across the country and return to work.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NPP announced the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) but left no money to implement it, adding the doctors must exercise restraint in going about their activities.<\/p>\n<p>The President said this during a tour of the Greater Accra Region to inspect ongoing projects, Tuesday, Joy News\u2019 Presidential correspondent Seth Kwame Boateng reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Medical Association last Friday announced a nationwide strike to protest what they claim was stalled negotiation and a lull in migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure.<\/p>\n<p>They blame the Fair Wages and Salary Commission as well as government for doing very little to address their grievances.<\/p>\n<p>Patients across the country are already feeling the \u2018pain\u2019 of empty wards and OPDs with no doctor ready and available to attend to them.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on how precarious and emergency their situation is they are either given a first aid and sent back home or admitted for careful examination.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors have come under a barrage of criticisms from some stakeholders, including government spokespersons, with a call on them to return to work.<\/p>\n<p>President John Mills on Tuesday waded into the crisis situation, appealing to the doctors to return to duty.<\/p>\n<p>He said government is willing and ready to sit with them to address their grievances.<\/p>\n<p>cease fire Meanwhile, a former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is cautioning against inflammatory comments that will exacerbate the dire situation created as a result of striking doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Stephen Addae told Luv FM\u2019s Elton John Brobbey government will be worse off should the doctors\u2019 strike persist, urging rather for a third party resolution.<\/p>\n<p>He has called for a cease fire from government spokespersons.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Myjoyonline<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President John Evans Atta Mills President John Mills has appealed to striking doctors to call off the four-day old strike and return to work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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