The Ghana Health Service is calling in retired doctors and those in private hospitals to help handle emergency cases at public health facilities across the country as doctors intensify their strike tomorrow.
The Ghana Medical Association says it will abandon the emergency units as it piles pressure on government for better conditions of service.
The Deputy General Secretary of the GMA Dr Justice Yankson in announcing the phases of their industrial action said by tomorrow they will no longer accept emergency cases.
The doctors declared a strike last week over the absence of conditions of service.
In a road map to guide their strike, the doctors said they will not accept new cases for a week but will only accept emergency cases within that time frame.
After a week, if their grievances are not resolved, they will no longer accept emergency cases.
It is a exactly a week after the strike was declared and Dr Justice Yankson said from tomorrow they will not accept emergency cases. After three weeks they will send home all the cases in their care and will resign en masse if their concerns are not resolved.
Negotiations between the doctors and government have stalled over the past one week whilst patients struggling to get medical attention.
Public commentary between government spokespersons on one hand and doctors on the other has not helped matters as well.
Source: Ghanaweb
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