COMMENT: The Medical Association is holding the country to ransom

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• Kwabena 11 years ago

  I 100% agreed with the writer.
  These so-called doctors who are supposed to save lifes are now indirectly or directly killing their patients. All in the name of MONEY. Shameful and Disgrace Doctors indeed!

  I 100% agreed with the writer.
  These so-called doctors who are supposed to save lifes are now indirectly or directly killing their patients. All in the name of MONEY. Shameful and Disgrace Doctors indeed!

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• koloxoxo 11 years ago

  Ghana is the funniest country on earth. when those stomach and greedy ministers are pocketing billions and buying Regimanual flats,doctors should wash face with pepper and use dog or horse shit to clean their teeth? idiots

  Ghana is the funniest country on earth. when those stomach and greedy ministers are pocketing billions and buying Regimanual flats,doctors should wash face with pepper and use dog or horse shit to clean their teeth? idiots

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• OSEI TAWIAH 11 years ago

  Foolish man Namouz, where is Dramani Mahama now? Ofui, he is in South Africa checking on his prostate and fooling Ghanaians that he is there to address their parliament. Atta Mills did the same and died like a chicken. The fo ...
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  Foolish man Namouz, where is Dramani Mahama now? Ofui, he is in South Africa checking on his prostate and fooling Ghanaians that he is there to address their parliament. Atta Mills did the same and died like a chicken. The fool Dramani Mahama will be next.

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• OMANBA 11 years ago

  Doctors can also be politicians.In civilized societies this what happens.They will never resort to strikes to kill innocent,poor people.Doctors in Ghana are using government facilities at their disposal to treat their private ...
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  Doctors can also be politicians.In civilized societies this what happens.They will never resort to strikes to kill innocent,poor people.Doctors in Ghana are using government facilities at their disposal to treat their private patients and pocket billions of cedis without paying taxes.Doctors are far beter off than almost all ghanaian workers.

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• GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

  The doctors are demanding the full payment of their salary arrears for the year 2012. The strike has come about as a result of failed arbitration by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
  
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  The doctors are demanding the full payment of their salary arrears for the year 2012. The strike has come about as a result of failed arbitration by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
  
  THEY HAVNT BEEN PAID SALARY ARREARS SINCE LAST YR? THEY HAVE WORKED IT OFF. THESE DOCTORS ARE NTO FOOLS. THEY DONT WANT WAHT HAS HAPPND TO NURSES AND TEACHERS TO HAPPEN TO THEM. 2 YRS WITHOUT PAY? MAYBE THE GOVT SHOULD FORBID THESE DOCTORS FROM TREATING PATIENTS AND POCKETING THE MONEY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NO PAY. THE GOVT MUST RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AMICABLY. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT. IF THE GOVT DOESNT HAVE THE MONEY, THERE ARE WAYS TO GO ABOUT EXPRESSING THIS TO THE DOCS. TO GET THEM TO RETURN TO WORK.

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• drs essential my ass 11 years ago

  double standards government, hippocratic oaths cannot be used to force drs.
  
  i bet you they dont give a damn if the strike continues till kingdom come.
  
  hospital losses billions of cedis a day because of paralysed comato ...
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  double standards government, hippocratic oaths cannot be used to force drs.
  
  i bet you they dont give a damn if the strike continues till kingdom come.
  
  hospital losses billions of cedis a day because of paralysed comatose leaders.pride before fall. who suffers?The leaders cant sign a committment paper.what does it tell you about thier verbal commitment. are they liars, judge for urself.

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• HUMBLE 11 years ago

  IT IS SO SAD FOR PEOPLE TO JUST CRITISIZE THE DOCTORS WITHOUT SERIOUS EVALUATION OF THEIR STAND TO THIS STALEMATE.IT IS ONLY THE PARTISAN SUPPORTERS OF NDC WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE DOCTORS ON WHAT THEY STAND FOR.WHY SHOULD ...
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  IT IS SO SAD FOR PEOPLE TO JUST CRITISIZE THE DOCTORS WITHOUT SERIOUS EVALUATION OF THEIR STAND TO THIS STALEMATE.IT IS ONLY THE PARTISAN SUPPORTERS OF NDC WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE DOCTORS ON WHAT THEY STAND FOR.WHY SHOULD POLITICIANS & PARTY-GOVNMNT SUPPORTERS ONLY FEED FAT ON THE NATIONS RESOURCES,FOR OTHERS LIKE THE DOCTORS TO SACRIFICE? DOCTORS ARE TO SAVE LIFES BUT,THEY DESERVE WHAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THEM LIKE-WISE ALL WORKERS.

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• DONDOLI 11 years ago

  John Mahama the boss of all the doctors in ghana dont care what they do. If a president cant talk to his work, who cant he talk to?

  John Mahama the boss of all the doctors in ghana dont care what they do. If a president cant talk to his work, who cant he talk to?

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• Benjamin 11 years ago

  Good, Mr.Alonte Onukpa,check at the accident that occurred at Bemposo in the Brong-Ahafo Region.A well known NDC man activist, his wife, 2 children and a niece of his died in that accident. 2 CPP and 4 NPP men sustained no i ...
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  Good, Mr.Alonte Onukpa,check at the accident that occurred at Bemposo in the Brong-Ahafo Region.A well known NDC man activist, his wife, 2 children and a niece of his died in that accident. 2 CPP and 4 NPP men sustained no injuries at all, What do you say. Your curses will overturn because of the number of pregnant women you NDC burried alive during the campaign season.

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• ADWEN 11 years ago

  Does Mahama care about the people, we are witnessing a "leader! who has no vision nor knows how to solve problems. All what Mahama is doing is to enjoy the ceremonial nature of the presidency and not living up to the challeng ...
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  Does Mahama care about the people, we are witnessing a "leader! who has no vision nor knows how to solve problems. All what Mahama is doing is to enjoy the ceremonial nature of the presidency and not living up to the challenges the role entails.
  Shame unto those who support this man blindly.

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• Dr Nartey Aryiku 11 years ago

  No-one, nobody, no professionals or group of people can hold Ghana at ransom. Ghana is bigger and mightier than all. The selfish, the irrelevant, nation wreckers,the political infantile and saboteurs can try but they would ne ...
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  No-one, nobody, no professionals or group of people can hold Ghana at ransom. Ghana is bigger and mightier than all. The selfish, the irrelevant, nation wreckers,the political infantile and saboteurs can try but they would never gain victory over Ghana. We will always be protected from the oppressors Long live Ghana, Long live Ghanaians. -

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• Bibini 11 years ago

  As the writer wrote, the GMA is holding Ghanaians to ransom. Nartey, this is not unfortunately about victory. The point is the number of lives we are losing each day due to this strike.
  
  Our health system is under equipped ...
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  As the writer wrote, the GMA is holding Ghanaians to ransom. Nartey, this is not unfortunately about victory. The point is the number of lives we are losing each day due to this strike.
  
  Our health system is under equipped and understaffed and doctors going on strike over stretches the over burdened hospitals. The result is, patients sicknesses will worsen and many more will and are dying because of this strike.
  
  No matter what doctors grievances are, they should remember that they swore oath to protect or save human lives. I do not think they took this oath on condition that their entitlements are fully paid. It is not helpful that government handed out huge sums of money to mps for accommodation and for serving parliament but the strike is now way too long to be acceptable.
  
  We need police or military hospitals in all the regions to help in the future in such situation.
  
  GMA should think it over again because I believe they are losing their popularity with Ghanaians.
  
  They should also consider whether GMA leadership is destroying their reputation or improving it.

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• OSEI TAWIAH 11 years ago

  You should not blame the doctors in any way for what we find ourselves in. They have said it over and over again that they are ready to sit and talk. It would not have taken one month for the lazy government to negotiate with ...
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  You should not blame the doctors in any way for what we find ourselves in. They have said it over and over again that they are ready to sit and talk. It would not have taken one month for the lazy government to negotiate with the doctors as the strike has already lasted.
  
  You folks should shed that old fashion Ghanaian mentality of always proving the challenger wrong instead of the perpetrator. The government is rather using Ghanaians as pawns for its mischievous end. They have deliberately thrown politics into this to confuse Ghanaians.
  
  Cosmetic solutions are always temporary. Forcing people to swallow their grievances will not help them work will clear conscience. It's time Ghanaians eschew this mentality of defending perpetrators to seek peace. Cosmetic solutions are always likely to pop up problems over and over again.

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• Bibini 11 years ago

  Doing the right thing is very important. Obviously government has not yielded to your demand but Ghanaians are dying because of this strike action. Should government finally agree on paper, doctors would receive all they have ...
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  Doing the right thing is very important. Obviously government has not yielded to your demand but Ghanaians are dying because of this strike action. Should government finally agree on paper, doctors would receive all they have asked for but the lost lives cannot be restored.
  
  My question is, should saving human lives be subject to government paper agreement on pension and the other demands?
  What happened to the oath doctors swore? I am questioning the responsibility of doctors to Ghanaians and would not wade into the politics of GMA and Ghana government.

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• OSEI TAWIAH 11 years ago

  The head of any family should always be the first to assume responsibility. Why do you think our mothers and fathers worked so hard under the sun and sent all the money to Accra? It's because they expect responsible people to ...
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  The head of any family should always be the first to assume responsibility. Why do you think our mothers and fathers worked so hard under the sun and sent all the money to Accra? It's because they expect responsible people to take care of it. The government should be the first to assume responsibility. The doctors have already agreed to start work as soon as the government sits down with them as real men to discuss the issue, why is the government running away from them and not thinking about what would happen to the people?

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• Barnes 11 years ago

  YOU ARTICLE MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. THANKS.

  YOU ARTICLE MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. THANKS.

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• opk, kumasi 11 years ago

  Sony Yenibey should send his child/children to school and go through the drudgery of seeing them or any of them through mrdical school and he would shut up and stop wading himself into ndc politics. Docs are elite, learned an ...
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  Sony Yenibey should send his child/children to school and go through the drudgery of seeing them or any of them through mrdical school and he would shut up and stop wading himself into ndc politics. Docs are elite, learned and know what they want and it is unfortunate the mahama led ndc that is in power courtesy all sorts of erros by electoral commission

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• Mr Adu-Poku ( London )5 11 years ago

  How can u foolishly assert that the striking doctors are on strike because of npp? Even though you've already advertised your myopic way of assessing situations let us try to admonish you to that medical doctors are fully cap ...
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  How can u foolishly assert that the striking doctors are on strike because of npp? Even though you've already advertised your myopic way of assessing situations let us try to admonish you to that medical doctors are fully capable of making their own individual decisions. Surely even though everybody knows that ndc adores empty heads nd lawlessnes not all the leadership of GMA lean toward NPP. Unfortunately you get one or two smarf people who unexplainable reasons

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• Yaw Baawuah Bonsu 11 years ago

  Everybody will be pleased to know about your background ; the place you were born, how you were brought up and who brought up, the schools you have attended and the courses that you read. Perhaps that may help us appreciate ...
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  Everybody will be pleased to know about your background ; the place you were born, how you were brought up and who brought up, the schools you have attended and the courses that you read. Perhaps that may help us appreciate the hollowness of your article. You must bow down your head in shame for writing about issues that you don't even understand.

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• Bibini 11 years ago

  Elitism, learned, knowing what they want...
  I do not think these stuff have anything to do with the strike. And besides, being elite, learned and knowing what you want does not mean someone with such qualities will always d ...
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  Elitism, learned, knowing what they want...
  I do not think these stuff have anything to do with the strike. And besides, being elite, learned and knowing what you want does not mean someone with such qualities will always do the "right thing".
  
  At the moment, many Ghanaians have died because of this strike. The big question is, should the lives of Ghanaians be sacrificed in order to receive their arrears. The question for us all here is, what is the right thing to be done in this situation by the doctors. I do not believe in this elitism, learned and knowing stuff especially if such qualities bring forth decisions that kill Ghanaians.
  
  Please keep the president, EC and errors stuff out of this as you may not have a single proof.

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• ALONTE ONUKPA 11 years ago

  SO WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE THAT THE NPP IS ENCOURAGING THIS STRIKE. IF THAT IS TRUE MAY THEIR CHILDREN DIE IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MAY THEY BURN IN THEIR ACCIDENT VEHICLES OR GET CORNED IN FIRE LIKE THE ONE AT KATAMANTO. MAY THEY ...
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  SO WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE THAT THE NPP IS ENCOURAGING THIS STRIKE. IF THAT IS TRUE MAY THEIR CHILDREN DIE IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MAY THEY BURN IN THEIR ACCIDENT VEHICLES OR GET CORNED IN FIRE LIKE THE ONE AT KATAMANTO. MAY THEY LOSE ALL THEIR STOLEN PROPERTY. MAY THEIR WIVES AND CONCUBINES BLEED TO DEATH. MAY THEY NEVER WIN ANY ELECTIONS IN GHANA. MAY THEY BECOME A
  DRUG ADDICTS AND SPECIALIZE IN WEE SMOKING

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• dr eva 11 years ago

  Firstly doctors are not on strike to demand full payment of allowances. They have accepted the instalments payments gov't proposed. They are now fighting against reduced pensions and restoration of conversion difference, and ...
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  Firstly doctors are not on strike to demand full payment of allowances. They have accepted the instalments payments gov't proposed. They are now fighting against reduced pensions and restoration of conversion difference, and with that they only need a written commitment from government.
  
  Secondly, by the same labour laws, it is ILLEGAL for workers to be worse off in a new salary scheme. Reduced pension contributions is therefore illegal. I don't know why u ignored this ILLEGALITY in your article.
  
  Thirdly, if you are classifying doctors as essential service providers, why are u not mentioning why it has taken more than 1 year to address their concerns. Or don't u know that by your same labour laws, concerns of Essential service providers should be addressed within TWO (2) WEEKS? Or is it not also a breach of the law? Or people are only termed 'essential service' providers when they go on strike, but when they at work, NOTHING should be done about their grievances. Is it fair?
  
  Please get the facts right and be fair in your articles. You could also appeal to government to resolve the issues. This painting of drs black in the name of essential service providers has not, and will not work.
  Thank you.

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• Kwabena 11 years ago

  None of your so-called facts justified that people should be killed by refusing your essential service. The final truth and fact is that you should not kill unless you life is in eminent danger!!!!

  None of your so-called facts justified that people should be killed by refusing your essential service. The final truth and fact is that you should not kill unless you life is in eminent danger!!!!

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• Freethinker 11 years ago

  i dont think they are killing by going on strike!
  There is police hospital, 37 military and numerous private hospitals which accept NHIS still working,so unless one wants to die because he knows only KBU then its unfortunate ...
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  i dont think they are killing by going on strike!
  There is police hospital, 37 military and numerous private hospitals which accept NHIS still working,so unless one wants to die because he knows only KBU then its unfortunate!
  Its the poorly funded health system and poor doctor to patient ratio that causes so much havoc.
  As for pay they are all humans and have families to feed and themselves to fend for so no one should cheat and get ex gratia and back pay from 2010 and complain that doctors have it from 2012..... You see the unfairness in all this?
  Give the workers what is due them!!!Call them essential service then treat them as essential part of the public- and dont go saying we are all the same etc etc.... hypocrites!!!

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• kagee 11 years ago

  Kwabena must go to medical school for just one week or cater for a medical student for the same period and let him come again.

  Kwabena must go to medical school for just one week or cater for a medical student for the same period and let him come again.

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• Bibini 11 years ago

  Eva, the central question is the human lives at stake. Should the pension reduction or restoration of conversion difference cause more Ghanaians to die? Did you subject medical oath you swore to pension or any other thing?

  Eva, the central question is the human lives at stake. Should the pension reduction or restoration of conversion difference cause more Ghanaians to die? Did you subject medical oath you swore to pension or any other thing?

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• dr eva 11 years ago

  Why do people always bring up this medical oath thing? So because of the Medical oath, drs should sacrifice and sweat and toil and when gov't is refusing it's duty to give us our due, we should just sit down and keep killing ...
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  Why do people always bring up this medical oath thing? So because of the Medical oath, drs should sacrifice and sweat and toil and when gov't is refusing it's duty to give us our due, we should just sit down and keep killing ourselves, and retire from our service and have virtually nothing to show for it, ALL IN THE NAME OF THE MEDICAL OATH??
  
  And what is worse, Ghanaians will never appreciate the kind of sacrifice we do but will rather descend on us in the least opportunity? Or are drs supposed be robots who only understand the medical oath?
  Please, drs sacrifice enough, believe me, even as we are on strike, I'm working in a Mission hosp and we haven't joined the strike yet. On Friday, I worked for almost 24 hrs nonstop, I performed about 5 sugeries and saw numerous patients. Yet no one will ever commend such sacrifice and rather support gov't when it fails to give us the little we deserve. We don't even have conditions of service, working conditions are appalling, yet we do more than human abilities to save lives and relieve suffering. Yet, becos of some so called medical oath, gov't will always drag it's feet when it is time to give us what we deserve legally. WE ARE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR ANYTHING NEW, OR AN INCREASE IN SALARIES.
  I am seen as a robot who is under oath and so I have to sweat myself to work and when I demand what is rightfully and legally mine, all I get is insults? Is this fair??

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• Bibini 11 years ago

  Dr Eva, you have conceded that GMA has rubbished the hippocratic oath. One of the many lines in the oat is:
  
  "That I will not withdraw from my patients in their time of need."
  
  Another line states that:
  
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  Dr Eva, you have conceded that GMA has rubbished the hippocratic oath. One of the many lines in the oat is:
  
  "That I will not withdraw from my patients in their time of need."
  
  Another line states that:
  
  That I will maintain this sacred trust, holding myself far aloof from wrong, from
  corrupting, from the tempting of others to vice;
  
  All Ghanaian doctors who are taking part in this strike have therefore broken the oath. Where else in the world have you heard this sort of strike. If you swore the oath and you are breaking it then you know you are wrong.
  
  I am sure doctors in the international community would condemn you. If any doctor participating in this strike tries to apply for job out there in the developed countries and you are found to have participated in this strike, you will not get the medical job. You know that don't you.
  
  A doctor's life is governed by the oath and not financial or future statuses of doctors. If you take the oath, you have to honour it. It is so wrong to let people die for the sake of agreement.
  
  You are talking about rightful money due you? Is this more important than the lives of your patients which you swore to take care of? Shame to GMA. You could lobby the government through all the establishments in Ghana; the Christian council, house of chiefs and all the other big bodies. But instead, you would rather see your brothers and sister die.

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• Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago

  Take the government to court if you think the government has not honoured her part of the agreement instead ogf allowing innocent citizens to die.
  
  Think positive

  Take the government to court if you think the government has not honoured her part of the agreement instead ogf allowing innocent citizens to die.
  
  Think positive

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• dr eva 11 years ago

  The NLC has the powers of a court, yet when GMA patiently petitioned them for almost 2 years and got a compromised ruling (compulsory arbitration), what did we see? Fair wages arrogantly flouted the ruling.
  
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  The NLC has the powers of a court, yet when GMA patiently petitioned them for almost 2 years and got a compromised ruling (compulsory arbitration), what did we see? Fair wages arrogantly flouted the ruling.
  
  What people do not know is that, public sector drs can simply decide to go into private practice or leave the country for greener pastures. But in that case, who will attend to patients in the district hosps where there are no alternative private hosps? Private practice is lucrative and remember, no one can prevent drs from going into private practice, but some of us just want to serve, so this struggle is actually one to protect the future, and keep attracting drs to the public sector.
  
  Rather than condemning drs for allowing innocent citizens to die, u shd rather blame gov't for failing to do it's work of protecting lives of the citizenry by properly remunerating drs who work in public sector hospitals. The hospitals are for gov't, when we work the profit goes to gov't Most of the bills u pay goes to gov't, only a tiny fraction is paid to drs. We also pay tax ( drs inclusive) so it is the duty of gov't to do it's work well and not renege on it's promises. If people die bcos of strikes, u shd rather blame gov't for failing to resolve the issues of the strike.
  If company workers go on strike bcos of poor pay and productivity reduces, u don't blame the workers but the management for failing to improve pay.
  Think positive

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• Nana Otchere 11 years ago

  I like your article but it is very bias ..the doctors are saying that the government must commit their agreement into writing other than jusr verbal ...thats a gentleman agreement but what do we have ? If a child sees the f ...
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  I like your article but it is very bias ..the doctors are saying that the government must commit their agreement into writing other than jusr verbal ...thats a gentleman agreement but what do we have ? If a child sees the father using his money to drink and womanise and do all sort of unnecessary things, then how will that child agree with his father if he says he has no money for fees ??

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• Aka boogaloo 11 years ago

  GMA is an offshoot of al Qaeda. Do not negotiate like Boko haram until every one is dead. The do not respect anyone who is not a doctor like jihadist .. President Mahama please sack these Boko Haram alqeeda operatives. They a ...
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  GMA is an offshoot of al Qaeda. Do not negotiate like Boko haram until every one is dead. The do not respect anyone who is not a doctor like jihadist .. President Mahama please sack these Boko Haram alqeeda operatives. They are not different from suicide bombers.. Jesus Christ sack them ghana will not die. Deathi is irreversible pain.. Sack them ghana will not di SACK THEM, PLEASE

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• Logic 11 years ago

  The GMA is saying commit what you are saying into writing and we go back. Is it more difficult than bringing in more Cuban doctors and increasing your expenditure amidst the poverty state? Can we use our brains for once

  The GMA is saying commit what you are saying into writing and we go back. Is it more difficult than bringing in more Cuban doctors and increasing your expenditure amidst the poverty state? Can we use our brains for once

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• Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago

  If we adhere to their demands it will become a license for strike actions. The striking doctors must be dismissed. Period

  If we adhere to their demands it will become a license for strike actions. The striking doctors must be dismissed. Period

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• .GHANANI 11 years ago

  Ghanaians who have lost loved ones,friends or relatives as a result of the strike by the GMA can sue the GMA as individuals or join together to file a class suit for compensation.The GMA's strike is illegal and moreover the G ...
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  Ghanaians who have lost loved ones,friends or relatives as a result of the strike by the GMA can sue the GMA as individuals or join together to file a class suit for compensation.The GMA's strike is illegal and moreover the GMA as the legal representative of the doctors on strike is suable.The GMA and its members are not above the law.It is high time ghanaians learened to exercise their rights.

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• SF 11 years ago

  The doctors that participated in the strike ought to be fired and given individuall contract which will include paying back the amount of money the government spent in their education, because the strike is illigal.

  The doctors that participated in the strike ought to be fired and given individuall contract which will include paying back the amount of money the government spent in their education, because the strike is illigal.

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• Freethinker 11 years ago

  i agree
  and the contract must be renewed every 4 yrs with ex-gratia payed at the end not to talk about sitting allowances per diems housing and car loans and 10% on contract signatures!!!!
  im sure after that we will never s ...
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  i agree
  and the contract must be renewed every 4 yrs with ex-gratia payed at the end not to talk about sitting allowances per diems housing and car loans and 10% on contract signatures!!!!
  im sure after that we will never see any strike in any sector again :))

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• Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago

  The Medical Doctors must be thrown out of the bungalows they occupy and forfeit theie salaries for the period of their strike actions.
  
  This must equally well go the politicians who abandoned parliament in the name of boyco ...
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  The Medical Doctors must be thrown out of the bungalows they occupy and forfeit theie salaries for the period of their strike actions.
  
  This must equally well go the politicians who abandoned parliament in the name of boycott and are stll collecting salaries and other emoluments.
  We are a country being governed by laws and must abide by them.

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• kagee 11 years ago

  How can you cheat a group of workers and use propaganda with the media to give them a bad name. Very soon we may go back to those days where doctors leave immediately after graduating. There will be no doctors to go on strike ...
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  How can you cheat a group of workers and use propaganda with the media to give them a bad name. Very soon we may go back to those days where doctors leave immediately after graduating. There will be no doctors to go on strike and the nation will wish we could have striking doctors. Go and find out from the civilized world what they did to prevent strikes from essential service providers. Doctors may reluctantly return to work but the society must remember that a hungry man is an angry man and must not expect the best but will have only the quality of service paid for. Mind you not every doctor is interested in being a policeman or military. A word to the wise is enough.

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• Ali Konkomba 11 years ago

  I used to respect doctors but I no
  longer do so cos they prefer money
  to human life.this is the most wicked
  public servants on earth.Spot the
  strike mongers and sack them. 0ne of the lesaders is my friend.

  I used to respect doctors but I no
  longer do so cos they prefer money
  to human life.this is the most wicked
  public servants on earth.Spot the
  strike mongers and sack them. 0ne of the lesaders is my friend.

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• Kumbayam 11 years ago

  I think de accusation u ve made against the GMA is partisan and the government shd b blamed for it. Why shd the government allow arrears in the first plce n on top of it insult them in additn

  I think de accusation u ve made against the GMA is partisan and the government shd b blamed for it. Why shd the government allow arrears in the first plce n on top of it insult them in additn

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• AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 11 years ago

  WICKED DOCTORS READ THIS ACTICLE.

  WICKED DOCTORS READ THIS ACTICLE.

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• Mankind 11 years ago

  let us reason for a moment. Don't you guys think reducing the number of MPs and Government Ministers and their Deputies can generate enough money to pay Doctors and Teachers better?? Which resource is better spent? Doctors & ...
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  let us reason for a moment. Don't you guys think reducing the number of MPs and Government Ministers and their Deputies can generate enough money to pay Doctors and Teachers better?? Which resource is better spent? Doctors & Teachers OR these useless MPs & Deputy ministers??
  Let me know....

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• ama 11 years ago

  why are Ghanaian Doctors soo heartless? How many lost lifes can they bring back to life when their money is paid?

  why are Ghanaian Doctors soo heartless? How many lost lifes can they bring back to life when their money is paid?

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• Emmanuel 11 years ago

  Victor,do you know what you are talking about ? it is unfortunate that people are suffering,but that does not mean that they should be treated differently while politicians are being paid huge sums of money in bulks

  Victor,do you know what you are talking about ? it is unfortunate that people are suffering,but that does not mean that they should be treated differently while politicians are being paid huge sums of money in bulks

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• Nii Akwei 11 years ago

  There is Ghana Money for politicians, but not enough to pay Doctors arrears. If the Doctors loose the court case, they will go back to work, buy it will be Baba Go Slow. We all have to be careful.

  There is Ghana Money for politicians, but not enough to pay Doctors arrears. If the Doctors loose the court case, they will go back to work, buy it will be Baba Go Slow. We all have to be careful.

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• mm 11 years ago

  what is preventing those insulting doctors from just going to medical school and coming to take over from the current crop of doctors so that there would be no more strikes? do you think taking an oath to save lives mean ...
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  what is preventing those insulting doctors from just going to medical school and coming to take over from the current crop of doctors so that there would be no more strikes? do you think taking an oath to save lives means saving lives in only gov't hosp or lives only in ghana? definitely no!
  as for sacking doctors am justing waiting for that day and we would see who loses. ghanaian doctors are sort the world over. give any doctor 24-48hrs and he/she would get a job either in private practice or outside ghana. keep the insults coming, it wouldnt make us any less of doctors!hehehe our certificates are intact and untorchable.
  by the innocent people dying can ask gov't more cuban doctors to hasten their death! u can check out us, uk and other developed countries the number of ghanaian doctors vrs cuban doctors there

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• mm 11 years ago

  my last point, i mean the innocent people dying can ask gov't to bring in more cuban doctors to hasten their death

  my last point, i mean the innocent people dying can ask gov't to bring in more cuban doctors to hasten their death

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• joejoe 11 years ago

  As much as I urge the doctors to go back to work on purely moral grounds, successive governments have indicated that it is only a strike action that can cause them to act. The doctors recognize this and are using it to their ...
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  As much as I urge the doctors to go back to work on purely moral grounds, successive governments have indicated that it is only a strike action that can cause them to act. The doctors recognize this and are using it to their advantage. The government however have got the right to withhold or claw back their salaries during the strike. That should be the case. If you don't work, don't expect to get paid.

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• TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

  The strike has come about as a result of failed arbitration by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.So, Mr.Sonny Yenibey Namouz, where does NPP come in here? People like you are the real cause of the turbulence in this coun ...
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  The strike has come about as a result of failed arbitration by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.So, Mr.Sonny Yenibey Namouz, where does NPP come in here? People like you are the real cause of the turbulence in this country, and mind you none of you will escape divine punishment. One question I would always ask; are all the members of GMA NPP and worse yet are they fools, infants or what?Eih!

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• voicE OF ARMAGEDDON 11 years ago

  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS O ...
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  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS OVER 2 YEARS. MEANWHILE LEADERS HAVE IMPORTED SOME CUBAN MERCENARIES SOLDIERS TO TAKE OVER THIER WORK.HIS EXCELLENCY JERRY JAMES RAMBO HAS UNLEASHED WRATH ON DEVELOPMENT .STAY TUNED

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• voicE OF ARMAGEDDON 11 years ago

  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS O ...
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  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS OVER 2 YEARS. MEANWHILE LEADERS HAVE IMPORTED SOME CUBAN MERCENARIES SOLDIERS TO TAKE OVER THIER WORK.HIS EXCELLENCY JERRY JAMES RAMBO HAS UNLEASHED WRATH ON DEVELOPMENT .STAY TUNED

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• voicE OF ARMAGEDDON 11 years ago

  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS O ...
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  SOLDIERS ( ESSENTIAL SERVICE) WHO HAVE PROTESTED FOR LONG OVER REDUCED PENSIONS AND CONVERSION DIFFERENCE ANOMALIES HAVE PICKED UP ARMS. THIER SPOKES WOMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE WALL DESPITE PATIENT NEGOTIATIONS OVER 2 YEARS. MEANWHILE LEADERS HAVE IMPORTED SOME CUBAN MERCENARIES SOLDIERS TO TAKE OVER THIER WORK.HIS EXCELLENCY JERRY JAMES RAMBO HAS UNLEASHED WRATH ON DEVELOPMENT .STAY TUNED

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• ATAKORA BEDIAKO 11 years ago

  WHEN THE DOCTORS WENT ON STRIKE DURING THE KUFOUR ERA IT WAS THE NPP THAT WAS BEHIND IT OR SUPPORTED IT, EH? WHY ARE PEOPLE PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE DOCTOR'S STRIKE AND RUNNING AWAY FROM THE REAL ISSUES.THESE FALSE ACCUSATIO ...
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  WHEN THE DOCTORS WENT ON STRIKE DURING THE KUFOUR ERA IT WAS THE NPP THAT WAS BEHIND IT OR SUPPORTED IT, EH? WHY ARE PEOPLE PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE DOCTOR'S STRIKE AND RUNNING AWAY FROM THE REAL ISSUES.THESE FALSE ACCUSATIONS TEND TO ANNOY THE DOCTORS.

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