Nurses at the Manhyia Hospital have been urged by the Manwerehene of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Baafuor (Dr) Ossei Hyeaman Brentuo VI, to end their ongoing strike.
He claimed that because the Manhyia Hospital serves as the first port of call for local chiefs, a strike would worry the traditional leaders who live in Manhyia.
After giving the government a 72-hour ultimatum to fire Alex Opoku-Mensah, the director of the Ashanti Regional National Service Secretariat, the nurses at the Manhyia Hospital began an indefinite strike action earlier today.
Their request follows Mr. Opoku-verbal Mensah’s abuse of the on-duty nurse for treating his daughter disrespectfully.
The Manwerehene described the circumstance as really unfortunate in an interview with JoyNews.
“It is a very unfortunate situation but I trust that if we appeal to the feuding parties, specially the nurses that are now set to go on strike, we’ll plead with them to just have some patience for us. I called the Medical Superintendent who informed me that attempts have been made to resolve it.
“Unfortunately, it looks like the decision to stop the strike should come from above. The leadership of the nurses association has come up with the decision based upon what they think has been unfairly done to one of their members. We will plead with them.
“Manhyia Hospital is our first point of call. Almost all the chiefs who come to Manhyia or those that reside in Manhyia go there.”
The CEO also promised that the required actions will be done to prevent similar issues in the future.
Meanwhile, the Manwerehene has stated that he has reached out to senior members within the palace to help find a solution to the problem.
Source: Theindependentghana.com
