The Federation of Allied Health Professionals, Korle Bu Chapter, has announced that it will completely cease operations on Tuesday, August 6.
This follows their suspension of outpatient services at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) on Friday, August 2, due to the hospital’s refusal to create an independent body to manage their operations.
The federation includes several professional associations such as the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, the Ghana Physiotherapy Association, and the Ghana Society of Radiographers, among others.
They argue that their affairs are not being managed properly under the current Medical Directorate and believe a separate directorate should be established.
Edward Ayem, Vice Chairman of the Chapter, told Nana Tuffour Boateng on Point Blank on Eyewitness News that the decision was made because KBTH’s management and board had ignored their concerns.
“From [Saturday] we are withdrawing even in patient service and that is going to happen. We are totally laying down our tools on Tuesday and then on Wednesday the rest of the country will follow.”
“This has not been our desire at all but the management and board of KBTH has turned a deaf ear to all our pleas and all our cries.
I mean what is so difficult about creating a directorate for this large chunk of health professionals? What is so difficult about this,” he further queried.
