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Former Director General of the Ghana Health Service Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa has equated the current strike by Doctors to \u201ckidnapping\u201d.<\/p>\n
The former Presidential Aspirant told XYZ Breakfast that he felt \u201cnumb\u201d and \u201csad\u201d, anytime the Ghana Medical Association resorted to strikes as a bargaining chip to get its demands addressed, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s almost like kidnapping the ordinary Ghanaian\u201d.<\/p>\n
The pathologist-turned-Politician said the Doctors must not use their strike to punish the ordinary Ghanaian who is blameless as far as their current plight is concerned.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026You only take actions that will hit those whose actions have put you in that position\u201d, Prof Akosa fumed.<\/p>\n
He said instead of a blanket strike by the Doctors, \u201cthey can work to rule\u201d to make a point rather than take actions that put the lives of ordinary Ghanaians in peril.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never understand that\u201d, Prof Akosa said, adding: \u201cA strike action morning, noon and night; No I don\u2019t accept that at all and under no circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Doctors are clamouring for their delayed market premium and other allowances which they claim have delayed since last year.<\/p>\n
President of the GMA, Dr Kwabena Opoku Adusei has already warned of worst times ahead if the Government failed to quickly address the concerns of the Doctors.<\/p>\n
He said the government must conform to the time line set by the National Labour Commission for an amicable solution.<\/p>\n
The Association\u2019s General Secretary, Dr Frank Serebour had also in a letter warned that all public sector Doctors will from Monday February 18 withdraw indefinitely, all their services including emergency care and in-patient care.<\/p>\n
Dr. Serebour had also recommended the establishment of a committee to discuss the Doctors\u2019 concerns before the strike worsens.<\/p>\n
The current strike is restricted to only out-patient services.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
General News of Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Source: radioxyzonline.com Former Director General of the Ghana Health Service Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa has equated the current strike by Doctors to \u201ckidnapping\u201d.The former Presidential Aspirant told XYZ Breakfast that he felt \u201cnumb\u201d and \u201csad\u201d, anytime the Ghana Medical Association resorted to strikes as a bargaining chip to get its demands addressed, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s almost like kidnapping the ordinary Ghanaian\u201d.The pathologist-turned-Politician said the Doctors must not use their strike to punish the ordinary Ghanaian who is blameless as far as their current plight is concerned.\u201c\u2026You only take actions that will hit those whose actions have put you in that position\u201d, Prof Akosa fumed.He said instead of a blanket strike by the Doctors, \u201cthey can work to rule\u201d to make a point rather than take actions that put the lives of ordinary Ghanaians in peril.\u201cI never understand that\u201d, Prof Akosa said, adding: \u201cA strike action morning, noon and night; No I don\u2019t accept that at all and under no circumstances\u201d.The Doctors are clamouring for their delayed market premium and other allowances which they claim have delayed since last year.President of the GMA, Dr Kwabena Opoku Adusei has already warned of worst times ahead if the Government failed to quickly address the concerns of the Doctors.He said the government must conform to the time line set by the National Labour Commission for an amicable solution.The Association\u2019s General Secretary, Dr Frank Serebour had also in a letter warned that all public sector Doctors will from Monday February 18 withdraw indefinitely, all their services including emergency care and in-patient care.Dr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}