The strike action by Health Workers Union is having a negative toll on health care delivery as doctors and nurses in public hospitals have refused to attend to all Out Patient Department cases.
Many patients in need of care went to the hospitals this morning but were turned away because of the strike.
The health workers including the Health Service Workers Union , Ghana Registered Nurses’ Association , Ghana Medical Association ,Ghana Physician Assistants’ Association ,Ghana Pharmacists Association and the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anesthetists, have partly withdrawn their services attending to only emergency cases. The action is to back their demand for government to release their tier -2 pension’s funds.
The health workers are part of a coalition of labour unions who have declared an indefinite strike.
In an interview with LIVE NEWS earlier, General secretary of the Ghana Medical association Dr,Frank Serebour said the health workers would withdraw their services today.
Live news caught with some patients at the OPD who were turned away at the La-General Hospital here in Accra.
A visit to the LEKMA hospital showed a similar pattern.
