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The suspension was announced after the meeting between the leaders of the federation and the director general of the Ministry of Health, Nana Kwabena Adjei-Mensah, in Accra last Thursday.
The members of the federation declared the strike to badert, inter alia, their request for a board of directors.
However, the federation cautioned that the Ministry of Health, together with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), involve relevant stakeholders such as the Special Parliamentary Committee on Health, to ensure that GFAHP account in the amendment of the GHS and the 2019 Bill on University Hospitals, by June 7, 2019, in order to quickly and amicably remedy the stalemate.
On May 20, 2019, the leaders of the federation had their first meeting with the chief director.
concerns
Of the concerns raised at the meeting with the Principal on May 20, 2019, there was no board of directors for the Council of Allied Health Professions, 27 months after the dissolution of the previous and the non -including health professions. in the proposed amendments to the GHS Boards and the 1996 University Hospital Act (Law 525).
After the meeting, the GFAHP proposed that the Chief Director, as well as the leaders of the federation and the GHS, meet again on May 23 to discuss the federation's concerns and also confirm, by way of documentation, the candidates of the GFAHP. represent him on the Board of Directors of the Allied Health Professionals Council.
The Senior Director was also scheduled to meet with the Chief of Staff and the President of the State Council to quickly resolve the stalemate.
Regarding the non-inclusion of the GFAHP in the proposal to change the boards of directors of teaching hospitals, the Senior Director was to organize an emergency meeting between the leaders of the Special Committee on Health on Parliament and the GFAHP before the May 31, 2019 to get: their concerns addressed.
A second meeting was convened last Thursday. The senior director said he met with the relevant bodies and that an approved list of the board of directors would be submitted to the State Council between May 29 and May 30.
Regarding the complaint relating to the non-inclusion of paramedical professionals in the amendment of the draft law 2019 on the GHS and the University Hospital, the Director General announced that he take action on this case by organizing a meeting of competent bodies by 29 May 2019 at the latest.
Context
On May 14, 2019, members of the GFAHP commenced a claim action, which they said was due to the fact that the government had failed for more than two years to set up a board of directors for the federation to regulate activities of health institutions and its members.
They complained that the absence of the board of directors had led to the proliferation of charlatans and the proliferation of substandard training institutions in the health sector, thus putting life on the table. of the public in danger.
Another GFAHP grievance is that although they represent more than 50% of the clinical health professions in the health sector, they have not been represented on the board of directors of teaching hospitals.
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