Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have turned away hundreds of patients over the ongoing Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association strike action.
According to the doctors at KATH, they are turning away patients because they cannot work without the nurses.
The Doctor’s action comes on the heels of Nurses initiating the strike on June 2, 2025, in protest against the government’s failure to implement an agreement signed with the previous Akufo-Addo administration.
The GRNMA grievances include the non-payment of critical allowances, such as responsibility, uniform, and non-basic allowances, which collectively amount to millions of cedis owed over time.
Also, the plight of over 5,000 newly qualified nurses and midwives who have been awaiting official postings since late 2024.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated they are ready to meet the Ministry of Health but not to renegotiate over matters already agreed with the former government.
GRNMA stated the ongoing strike is their only weapon to make the government listen to them.
According to the GRNMA, they know Ghanaians are being affected by the strike action but that is the weapon they have.
The GRNMA emphasised that they will not be drawn into fresh discussions when the 2024 Collective Agreement has been signed and only awaiting implementation.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, June 9, 2025, GRNMA Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Jefferson Asare, stated, “We are ready to meet. If we receive a letter now, we will move anywhere they want us to go. But for renegotiation, we are not ready”.
He further stressed, “In the health ecosystem, it is not only nurses who have problems with the conditions of service. But we are the only group whose conditions of service have not been implemented”.
Meanwhile, the NLC secured an injunction from the High Court’s Industrial and Labour Division aims to force the GRNMA’s 128,000 members back to their posts.
However, GRNMA has said their strike action continues until legally served.
According to the GRNMA, they are yet to receive any injunction notice from the court or the National Labour Commission (NLC) concerning its ongoing strike.
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