Doctors defend the planned strike; Saying that the public must hold the government

President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Ankobea

Doctors defended their planned strike on the exceptional emoluments, arguing that they are not insensitive . 19659004] Rather they say that the public must hold the government to its social contracts with the people, including medical professionals.

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In an interview Last Saturday, a few days after their press conference on the planned strike, the president of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Ankobea, said that the doctors were normal employees who deserved decent treatment from their employers. We can not continue to be deceived by the employer like this, "said Dr. Ankobea.

Doctors have threatened to withdraw outpatient services in public facilities from Monday, August 6, unless the The government was honoring a number of outstanding issues, and Dr. Ankobea said the doctors had been patient enough and the public had to question the government about the situation.

"We are humans too "

" Remember, we are going to the same market as everyone else. Remember that we are humans too, "he said.

" But it seems that governments can only listen to one thing. It is when you withdraw your service that the government will listen to you.

"It's unfortunate.For me, I think the public has a social contract with government and therefore they should demand the government and not us.

" We believe that what we are asking for is a real cause, so they (the public) should not be mad at us. "

In November 2017, the doctors gave the government an ultimatum expired on April 30 2018 to honor its obligation to members of the GMA.

Dr. Ankobea stated that the doctors had shown their commitment to play by the rules, and that the government did not honor his word. [19659007] "As we speak now, there are three months since the 30 April, we think that the government is not serious either, they did not treat us equitably.

back to 2013. We sat several times with them.

"We, as leaders, have been mandated by our members to make these negotiations.
Members angry

" Our members are angry … qu '# 39; they were even expecting something to happen by April 30th. But we pleaded with them that this is what we do.