Doctors trade strike for cash

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GHANA ASSOCIATION OF LIARS 11 years ago

UNLESS WE LEARN TO SPEAK THE TRUTH, OUR WOES WILL NOT GO AWAY

UNLESS WE LEARN TO SPEAK THE TRUTH, OUR WOES WILL NOT GO AWAY
ZoRRo 11 years ago

The corruption disease has penetrated the whole fabric of Ghanaian society and is going to destroy our society. How can a doctor on strike request bribe before taking care of a patient; meanwhile the doctor is demanding that ...
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The corruption disease has penetrated the whole fabric of Ghanaian society and is going to destroy our society. How can a doctor on strike request bribe before taking care of a patient; meanwhile the doctor is demanding that he be paid by the government.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

“A series of meetings ensued, culminating in the Ministry of Finance communicating to the CAGD not to recover the conversion difference until the issues have been resolved. The FWSC, demonstrating their penchant for breachi ...
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“A series of meetings ensued, culminating in the Ministry of Finance communicating to the CAGD not to recover the conversion difference until the issues have been resolved. The FWSC, demonstrating their penchant for breaching every agreement reached, unilaterally instructed the CAGD to recover the conversion difference. Since January 2012, every attempt to get it restored has proved futile.”

THIS IS WHERE MAHAMA NEEDS TO STEP IN, OVERRIDE THE MIN OF FINANCE'S DECISION AND RECOVER THE CONVERSION DIFFERENCE BACK TO THE DOCTORS. SO WHY ISNT HE DOING SO? BCOS GH IS BROKE? I DONT THINK SO.IF GH IS BRIKE TODAY, GH CNAT BE BROKE TOMORROW. SO JUST WRITE A LETTER WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SEAL TELLING THE DOC'S THAT THEIR CONVERSION DIFFERENCE WILL BE GRANTED. THIS WILL GET THEM TO RETURN TO WORK ASAP! WE HAVE TOO MANY FOOLS IN POSITIONS OF POWER. BCOS OF THE STUPIDITY OF A FEW PERSONS LIKE MAHAMA, THE MIN OF HEALTH AND THE MIN OF FINANCE, FAIR WAGES COMMISSION. LOOK AT HOW PPL ARE SUFFERING IN GH HOSPITALS?
jimmy P 11 years ago

This is a shame!!! You received salaries for no work done and that idiot of a GMA president insulted Ghanaians by saying he has already spent it. This is a political strike and discerning Doctors should go back to work

This is a shame!!! You received salaries for no work done and that idiot of a GMA president insulted Ghanaians by saying he has already spent it. This is a political strike and discerning Doctors should go back to work
Debbie 11 years ago

Do these doctors have an iota of understanding of the Hippocratic oath they swore to?

Do these doctors have an iota of understanding of the Hippocratic oath they swore to?
Wiliam 11 years ago

Not all doctors on strike.Many are doing the right thing, anD may the ALMIGHTY ALLAH/ALMIGHTY GOD, REWARD THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES ABUNDANTLY.

Not all doctors on strike.Many are doing the right thing, anD may the ALMIGHTY ALLAH/ALMIGHTY GOD, REWARD THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES ABUNDANTLY.
GHANA ASSOCIATION OF LIARS 11 years ago

UNLESS WE SPEAK THE TRUTH

UNLESS WE SPEAK THE TRUTH
Kofi 11 years ago

These are all some of the signs of a failed nation.

These are all some of the signs of a failed nation.
AKASI MARTHA ARIZONA UAS. 11 years ago

DOCTORS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEST?

DOCTORS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEST?
Nii Akwei 11 years ago

You have to bribe from birth to death in Ghana. This is the culture, Noko Fio. If you can't win join them.

You have to bribe from birth to death in Ghana. This is the culture, Noko Fio. If you can't win join them.
Jay 11 years ago

So why doesn't government want to give them the written commitment concerning their conversion difference concerning their salary since they are entitled to it. And please stop insulting doctors would not work. Let's desist f ...
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So why doesn't government want to give them the written commitment concerning their conversion difference concerning their salary since they are entitled to it. And please stop insulting doctors would not work. Let's desist from. Some comments are purely sentimental without consideration of the real reasons of the strike action. I find the government's posture very strange.
kwaku 11 years ago

Are you aware the GMA president signed an MOU with a number of stakeholders? That surely is consent. He is behaving like a village litigant

Are you aware the GMA president signed an MOU with a number of stakeholders? That surely is consent. He is behaving like a village litigant
Amoabeng 11 years ago

......and this is what this amateur GMA national executives because of their idiotic ego and stupidity has brought trhe noble profession to, when hardcore poor and primitive people becomes doctors and think all of a sudden th ...
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......and this is what this amateur GMA national executives because of their idiotic ego and stupidity has brought trhe noble profession to, when hardcore poor and primitive people becomes doctors and think all of a sudden that they are better tan any human being in Ghana and want to use this to be rich not because their being doctors is a calling. What a shame. In those days at medical school interview, you are asked if your father or mother or uncle is a doctor. Not for anything, bbut to keep the values and virtues of the medical profession and alive and ensure that the "idiot" knows what profession he/she was venturng to. Someone shoul ask the GMA President Dr Opoku-Adusei and hos colleague national executives of the GMA if during this strike, he still goes to work in his private clinic in Kumasi. Because its the same Ghanaains anyway
Jay 11 years ago

Sir Amoabeng I understand your passion but you have to understand that these ones are demanding their due. They are not saying they are better than anyone. And please tone down the insults.

Sir Amoabeng I understand your passion but you have to understand that these ones are demanding their due. They are not saying they are better than anyone. And please tone down the insults.
Kasoa 11 years ago

Like all sectors of the economy, pay workers according to what has been agreed to. MPs get ridiculous salaries for doing nothing really. What has parliament done to alleviate the Power, Water and Medical crisis?

Like all sectors of the economy, pay workers according to what has been agreed to. MPs get ridiculous salaries for doing nothing really. What has parliament done to alleviate the Power, Water and Medical crisis?
Jay 11 years ago

I agree with you on the payment. The gov't position on this GMA strike amazes me. A contract has been breached. Just pay them what is due them. They are evn saying just give them a written commitment because of past unfaithfu ...
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I agree with you on the payment. The gov't position on this GMA strike amazes me. A contract has been breached. Just pay them what is due them. They are evn saying just give them a written commitment because of past unfaithfulness on the part of government.
Kasoa 11 years ago

When will the so-called leaders GROW UP and quit playing games with people's livelihood... I feel for our brothers and sisters back home. The minimum wage is 5.24 cedis per day...fightening

When will the so-called leaders GROW UP and quit playing games with people's livelihood... I feel for our brothers and sisters back home. The minimum wage is 5.24 cedis per day...fightening
Joe Turkey 11 years ago

Instead of wasting time on all this diatribe and naked nonsense, why doesn't The Chronicle use its reach to impress on the government to do the commonsense thing. First, why did the FWSC unilaterally and in "yentua style" dec ...
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Instead of wasting time on all this diatribe and naked nonsense, why doesn't The Chronicle use its reach to impress on the government to do the commonsense thing. First, why did the FWSC unilaterally and in "yentua style" decide to order the conversion difference stopped? Did the Chronicle find out? Why did they even try to deny it? Second, why don't all those so-called renowned Ghanaians ask the government and the FWSC to come out and give any reasons? The NDC is an evil government. Why is the government spending all this time denigrating, insulting and making the doctors (and all others on strike for the same reason) look like some irrational and insensitive professionals when, in fact, it is the government incompetency, plain stupidity and brinkmanship that is responsible for the mess?
akwesi 11 years ago

The government officials always deny every allegation,shameless african leaders,it's happening in every body's eyes.

The government officials always deny every allegation,shameless african leaders,it's happening in every body's eyes.
IBF 11 years ago

This is nonsense stories. Chanel these stories to the government who has the authority to stop the strike. What the doctors do during the strike times is inconsequential. This issue according to the info, has been there almos ...
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This is nonsense stories. Chanel these stories to the government who has the authority to stop the strike. What the doctors do during the strike times is inconsequential. This issue according to the info, has been there almost a year and no one cares. Where were the chiefs, Kofi Annan, opinion leaders and other hypocrites? They deserve what they are asking for so let the government cough the resources, is Ghana resources and that is why we elect governments to do not to go and pay judgement debts and MPs with huge bonus without any work. The president should focus on solving the issues sensibly and stop using the media to appeal while him and his cronies pay themselves all sorts of bonus, allowances etc. Nonsense of the highest order. The doctors should sit down till all their demands are fulfilled, no one paid their school fees so they owe no one any services except those they are paid to provide.
Aka boogaloo 11 years ago

Our doctors are now warlords and suicide bombers a la Osama Bin Laden. So radicalised that they will not negotiate with Kofi Anan and others. As a rule Govts do not negotiate with terrorists. Ghana will not die , sack all of ...
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Our doctors are now warlords and suicide bombers a la Osama Bin Laden. So radicalised that they will not negotiate with Kofi Anan and others. As a rule Govts do not negotiate with terrorists. Ghana will not die , sack all of them. Going to school is not a right to cause genocide to illiterates. Infact, they should appear before The Hague for causing deliberate death. Idiots!!! Charles Taylor, Gbagbo, were all literates. Thank God we are Ghanaians otherwise, no civilised country will allow terrorists ... Ask Boko Haram
Kboy 11 years ago

Please dont waste your time. This practice has been there long ago so they cant stop. Even before the strike it was there.

Please dont waste your time. This practice has been there long ago so they cant stop. Even before the strike it was there.
Jay 11 years ago

A lot of people's comments are pure sentiments with little objectivity. The issue here is that government is refusing to give to the doctors what is legally theirs. Now it has come to just signing a written commitment stateme ...
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A lot of people's comments are pure sentiments with little objectivity. The issue here is that government is refusing to give to the doctors what is legally theirs. Now it has come to just signing a written commitment statement so they return to work for payment in installment and guess what government is signing a deal with the Cuban government for doctors from Cuba. Amazing!!
CHAIRMAN MING 11 years ago

WILL BELIEVE THESE LIES

WILL BELIEVE THESE LIES
NAA KLOTEFO CLOTTEY 11 years ago

this extortion is not anything new,pardon me to say this when you are in a sector that you are being paid so less and everybody is expecting from you,i mean the family and the society this is what happens,don't blame them let ...
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this extortion is not anything new,pardon me to say this when you are in a sector that you are being paid so less and everybody is expecting from you,i mean the family and the society this is what happens,don't blame them let just face it how do people survive in ghana especial those being paid less than gh1000, most Ghanaians always want to run away from the truth,conditions in the country is not good about 10% of the population are leaving good We should ask ourselves why is everybody going into politie? The answer is cos there is money there and one will be comfortable, which they are among the 10%.Talking about doctors i dont support the strike, but what we are all refusing to realise is that they are also suffering because they are not getting their tips like they get when working. An average doctor in Ghane take home is less than Gh 2000,
with petrol and all that how do they survive,that what we should ask ourselves,they did not ask for increment but pension allowance which i dont think is much,but the government creating the impression like they are asking too much and refusing them of their right,the government can easily end the strike but they want to prove a poin at the expense of we Ghanaians,the ordinary people.

Thank you.
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

A Cardiologist came up with a new operating procedure that would cut down the time that heart surgery would take and would cause less trauma to the patient. He was praised by his peers when he presented it at a convention in ...
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A Cardiologist came up with a new operating procedure that would cut down the time that heart surgery would take and would cause less trauma to the patient. He was praised by his peers when he presented it at a convention in Washington D.C. He was also paid $50,000 to present his findings.
The cardiologist did a few more of these presentations and realized that it would be more lucrative to do lectures on his findings rather than continue to work as a surgeon. So he decided to do the lectures full-time. He hired a driver and purchased a limousine.
One day, after he'd been doing the lecture circuit for about 6 months, his driver turns to him and says, "You know... This is completely unfair."
"What do you mean?" asks the surgeon.
"Well, you get paid $50,000 every time you do this lecture and that's more than I get paid in a year," replies the driver.
The surgeon explains to him that it is a very complicated procedure and that he is the only person that can give this lecture.
"That's not true. I can do your lecture blindfolded. I have seen you do your lecture so many times that I know it by heart," says the driver.
"Well if that's the case, I'll tell you what. You do this lecture and you can keep the $50,000 if you do it right." replies the surgeon.
The driver replies, "Ok. You're on."
So when they arrive at the lecture hall, the surgeon and the driver change coats and the surgeon puts on the driver's hat and sits in the back of the room.
The driver nails the presentation. Not only that, he also answers all the questions without any problems. Just when the driver thinks he's done, an audience member, wearing a lab coat and tape covered glasses stands up and asks a complex question that the driver is not able to answer.
"You know..." says the driver, "I have done this lecture 287 times and I have never been asked such a stupid question. As a matter of fact, that question is SO stupid that I am going to let my driver answer it."
Nyame Ekuma 11 years ago

Fuck them damn mother fucker Ghanaian greedy vampire doctors.

Deliberate killers and inhuman medical tin gods. Nonsense . Even Kofi Annan could not persuade them to stop their killing spree.

These devilish doctors led ...
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Fuck them damn mother fucker Ghanaian greedy vampire doctors.

Deliberate killers and inhuman medical tin gods. Nonsense . Even Kofi Annan could not persuade them to stop their killing spree.

These devilish doctors led by Akan dominated morons inspired by the election loss of the arrogant evil dwarf to go on an indefinite strike till Ghana gets stroke. Nonsense .

May the wives, girlfriends, and children of these inhuman doctors suffer calamities and death till these fucking doctors repent from their nonsense. 'Nkwasiasem ara kwa kwa'
JAMES Y 11 years ago

Our doctors are more corrupt than the politicians. What is happening on the premises of our state hospitals shows that our doctors intransigent posture to the current strike is designed to lead them to extort more money from ...
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Our doctors are more corrupt than the politicians. What is happening on the premises of our state hospitals shows that our doctors intransigent posture to the current strike is designed to lead them to extort more money from the sick. Believe you me, by the end of the strike, whenever it comes, our public doctors will be Ghc millionaires! This makes them the most corrupt workers on the land!
GHANANI 11 years ago

Doctors taking bribes before they see patients.This is absolutely disgraceful.The reputation of doctors in Ghana are ih tatters.Cuban doctors will never take bribes before they attend to patients.They will also never go on st ...
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Doctors taking bribes before they see patients.This is absolutely disgraceful.The reputation of doctors in Ghana are ih tatters.Cuban doctors will never take bribes before they attend to patients.They will also never go on strike.We need more cuban doctors in Ghana.
Kwaku 11 years ago

Pls these our Doctors must be sacked and be made to apply again. The Chairman or GMA is not a competent Doctor. The hospital in which his the Medical sup. is not been manage well. There are several needless death due to lack ...
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Pls these our Doctors must be sacked and be made to apply again. The Chairman or GMA is not a competent Doctor. The hospital in which his the Medical sup. is not been manage well. There are several needless death due to lack of supervision and incompetency of the medical sup. He must be removed from the hospital to save the life of poor pregnant women.
These doctors killed the innocent s-twins but still hooting themselves around proudly. If i were the i'll hide my shameless face for a year. 17 Doctors could not save the life of even one of the twins and lied to Ghanaians that she has hole-in-heart complications. Killers in Ghana.
KOLASTO 11 years ago

NPP IS BEHIND STRIKES. NATION WRECKERS

NPP IS BEHIND STRIKES. NATION WRECKERS
NANA KWASI 11 years ago

ITS ONLY IN GHANA WHERE THE POOR WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY THINK.THESE POLITICIANS INSULTING THE DOCTORS HAVE THEIR PRIVATE DOCTORS. GOD HELP OPEN THE EYES OF THESE POOR PEOPLE IN GHANA.

ITS ONLY IN GHANA WHERE THE POOR WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY THINK.THESE POLITICIANS INSULTING THE DOCTORS HAVE THEIR PRIVATE DOCTORS. GOD HELP OPEN THE EYES OF THESE POOR PEOPLE IN GHANA.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

BLAME MAHAMA FOR ALL THIS, NOT THE DOCTORS.

“A series of meetings ensued, culminating in the Ministry of Finance communicating to the CAGD not to recover the conversion difference until the issues have been resolved. ...
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BLAME MAHAMA FOR ALL THIS, NOT THE DOCTORS.

“A series of meetings ensued, culminating in the Ministry of Finance communicating to the CAGD not to recover the conversion difference until the issues have been resolved. The FWSC, demonstrating their penchant for breaching every agreement reached, unilaterally instructed the CAGD to recover the conversion difference. Since January 2012, every attempt to get it restored has proved futile.”

Though this reason, which led to the strike by the doctors, appears legitimate on paper, renowned Ghanaians such as the former Secretary General of the United Nations, Dr. Kofi Annan, chiefs and some opinion leaders have all called on the GMA to call of the strike and resort to dialogue to resolve the impasse, but they have been turned down.

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