Doctors who refused rural postings will be removed from payroll - Minister of Health

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The Motherland 6 days ago

Look out for the ex-resident of Pantang hospital aka MUMBI SERAKI who may soon be here to showcase his sick mentality!!!

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Game Changer +447935009178 6 days ago

Government spends huge resources of our taxes training these selfish bunch to become medical professionals and after employing them and posted, they want to dictate where they want to work. Very ridiculous to say the least. A ...
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Government spends huge resources of our taxes training these selfish bunch to become medical professionals and after employing them and posted, they want to dictate where they want to work. Very ridiculous to say the least. Anyone whose problem is the place of posting should just resign and pursue private interests in the big cities. This is just simple.
Akosat 6 days ago

For your information, most of the medical students are fee paying. So stop your arrogance

For your information, most of the medical students are fee paying. So stop your arrogance
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ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 days ago

Misplaced priorities go and look at Ethiopia today..a former.wartorn nation..only.excuses, insults and stealing corruption is what Ghanaians know..very shameful..I'm ashamed to be associated with Ghana. Gh leaders are fools

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TWEAA DC 6 days ago

EI!..KWABENA MINTAH AKANDO...IS THAT HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?...NOBODY, I REPEAT NOBODY CAN BE FORCED TO WORK A IN A DEPRIVED AREA...GO ON AND RANT YOUR MOUTH IN ACCRA...TWEAA.

EI!..KWABENA MINTAH AKANDO...IS THAT HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?...NOBODY, I REPEAT NOBODY CAN BE FORCED TO WORK A IN A DEPRIVED AREA...GO ON AND RANT YOUR MOUTH IN ACCRA...TWEAA.
UNP 6 days ago

@Tweaa DC. You sound dumb and stupid in your submission. The Minister is simply saying that if you refuse posting to a rural area the government has no business paying you. If you want to go and work in the city, then go esta ...
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@Tweaa DC. You sound dumb and stupid in your submission. The Minister is simply saying that if you refuse posting to a rural area the government has no business paying you. If you want to go and work in the city, then go establish your own hospital or clinic and stay there. In your stupid mind, do you want the government to post all doctors to big cities and towns which are already over choked with doctors? A time will come government will soon decentralized these posting. So that districts will hire and fire. Please stop defending the indefensible. Rural folks also deserve quality medical care
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Kalimba Mozambo 6 days ago

This is long overdue. Should have been done years ago.

This is long overdue. Should have been done years ago.
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Francis Mccarthy 6 days ago

Give them BEFFETING ACCOMODATION

Give them BEFFETING ACCOMODATION
EEdward 6 days ago

I have said it time and again that this guy doesn't qualify to be where he's been put. The president knows this but l wonder why he still went ahead and appoint him. He doesn't know who a doctor is and how a doctor works. Tea ...
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I have said it time and again that this guy doesn't qualify to be where he's been put. The president knows this but l wonder why he still went ahead and appoint him. He doesn't know who a doctor is and how a doctor works. Teachers, Doctors, are the most delicate professionals to deal with and it takes a lot of patience to deal with them. There are lot of politicians in the the NDC with this attribute but , for what reason the president neglected all of them and went for this... Kwabena Mintah Akandoh. It beats my imagination. The same at COCOBOD and see what's happening there
UNP 6 days ago

Shut up. Who is a doctor and how does he work?. So, are you insinuating that a doctor is above working in a rural area? What make you think that he's not qualify to occupy the position? Then go and occupy it. Rural areas are ...
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Shut up. Who is a doctor and how does he work?. So, are you insinuating that a doctor is above working in a rural area? What make you think that he's not qualify to occupy the position? Then go and occupy it. Rural areas are where the services of the doctors are needed and if the government post them and they refused, the government has no business keeping their names on the payroll. They should go and find work in the private sector and remain in the cities. Government can't be paying them while they refuse postings to where their services are needed. They should go and establish their own hospitals/clinics and mann them. Stop defending some of these people who see themselves as demigod. Even much of JESUS' work was among the rural folks. We have doctors who sacrificed their comfort to work in the rural areas. Are they better than them?
Atta 6 days ago

Perfectly correct. Asandoh is not fit to be a Health Minister. If he's sensible he shd pick a lesson from IGP Tetteh Yohuno. Creating a conducive environment and monetary reward will entice these doctors to go there.

Perfectly correct. Asandoh is not fit to be a Health Minister. If he's sensible he shd pick a lesson from IGP Tetteh Yohuno. Creating a conducive environment and monetary reward will entice these doctors to go there.
UNP 6 days ago

@Ata. Why not petition the prez to remove him if you think he's not qualified? Ata, let me ask you one question. Have you ever held a position before? As a leader, you must take radical measures. It is not always the case of ...
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@Ata. Why not petition the prez to remove him if you think he's not qualified? Ata, let me ask you one question. Have you ever held a position before? As a leader, you must take radical measures. It is not always the case of creating conducive env't where people abuse it. The Dr are not more special than the rural folks who need their services. They have swore the Hypocrical Oath of professionalism and servicento mankind. They were not train to come be demigod, wanting to be worshipped and treated above others. Many countless Dr have sacrificed and work in deprived areas with low salaries and limited or zero condition of service. If some of these greedy and self-seeking Drs feel they are above working in the rural/deprived areas, then they should go and establish their own clinics and stay in the cities.
Truth 6 days ago

Why don't you try to understand how the healthcare system works before you jump all over people's posts trying to defend the minister. You must know that doctors are not paid when they're not posted. They have to be posted li ...
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Why don't you try to understand how the healthcare system works before you jump all over people's posts trying to defend the minister. You must know that doctors are not paid when they're not posted. They have to be posted like any other staff, accept the posting, start work, going through a process before they receive salaries. Why then is the minister saying they are going to take their name off the payroll when in fact, their names are not on the payroll?Secondly, doctors are important, whether you hate them or not. The problem is that most of you are unable to tell the difference between doctors and health SYSTEMS. Doctors work in a broken system and they also die from the system. The minister's job and the build a better system. Doctors don't build have systems and you have to understand that. But just no person who's truly educated will do the job you're doing (trying to defend the minister for a pittance), so will no serious country appoint a health minister who doesn't understand health systems.
UNP 6 days ago

Shut up. You don't know the health system than I do. I have worked in GHS for closed to 13 years in the rural parts of northern Ghana before I joined WHO. These young ones coming into the system don't want to serve in deprive ...
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Shut up. You don't know the health system than I do. I have worked in GHS for closed to 13 years in the rural parts of northern Ghana before I joined WHO. These young ones coming into the system don't want to serve in deprive areas, but rather in the cities. Who should work at the deprived areas? In fact I will be happy if MOH/GHS will introduce a policy that ensures that new entrant employees be posted to the rural/deprived areas. I was serving in one of the deprived districts when a far junior came on monitoring simply because he was posted to the national headquarters, perhaps through the backdoor. How can a junior come and supervise a senior? The system has allowed this kind of nonsense to fester.
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The orangutans state 6 days ago

Below the belt solutions will not help but let's look at the admissions process. And also build more medical schools in rural areas . Before you go for training a more robust commitments must be made and give quota admission ...
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Below the belt solutions will not help but let's look at the admissions process. And also build more medical schools in rural areas . Before you go for training a more robust commitments must be made and give quota admissions to regional ballance.
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 days ago

Pay them more to go to rural areas that's what western nations do. No one wants to go to rural areas and serve patients so give them.an incentive to go there and don't just post them.forcibly..with the.right monetary incentiv ...
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Pay them more to go to rural areas that's what western nations do. No one wants to go to rural areas and serve patients so give them.an incentive to go there and don't just post them.forcibly..with the.right monetary incentives gh doctors will go there..gh leaders are fools
UNP 6 days ago

Per you stupid logic, then everyone working in rural areas have to be paid more. Dr are among the most highly paid professionals if you care to know. It is just the case of greed where they think they must be treated special ...
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Per you stupid logic, then everyone working in rural areas have to be paid more. Dr are among the most highly paid professionals if you care to know. It is just the case of greed where they think they must be treated special above all others. I agree perfectly with the Minister. Any doctor who refuses to accept posting to rural area where his services are needed appointment should terminated. There are thousands of doctors at home awaiting postings. So, anyone who refuses posting should be quickly replaced. They should go into private practice. Let them establish their own clinics or hospitals and stay in the cities
Felix 6 days ago

Very, very good initiative and decision by the Health Minister. Get rid of them if they are not prepared to serve the people. It is as simple as that.

Very, very good initiative and decision by the Health Minister. Get rid of them if they are not prepared to serve the people. It is as simple as that.
UNP 6 days ago

Correct!!! We have tolerated this nonsense for far too long. Teachers and others don't protest or agitate when they're posted to rural/deprived areas, but the moment is a Dr, hell break lose because they feel they must be tre ...
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Correct!!! We have tolerated this nonsense for far too long. Teachers and others don't protest or agitate when they're posted to rural/deprived areas, but the moment is a Dr, hell break lose because they feel they must be treated specially above all others. Is nauseating. Let them establish their own clinics or hospitals and stay in the cities. What kind of nonsense is that.
FACT 6 days ago

2 DIFFERENT SETTINGS
A teacher can talk to teach.
A medical doctor needs tools to examine the patient in order to determine the ailment.

2 DIFFERENT SETTINGS
A teacher can talk to teach.
A medical doctor needs tools to examine the patient in order to determine the ailment.
Abinziki 5 days ago

Talk is cheap....abi ?. Get to the ground, find out about their accommodation etc,

Talk is cheap....abi ?. Get to the ground, find out about their accommodation etc,
Abrewa 6 days ago

...see this mumu guy!!! will you give the doctor the same incentives you are getting for him or her to go to the village? if not then why should he/she go?

...see this mumu guy!!! will you give the doctor the same incentives you are getting for him or her to go to the village? if not then why should he/she go?
GOLDEN 6 days ago

TIME FOR DRASTIC CHANGES,BETTER LIVING STANDARDS IN ALL AREAS,NOT ONLY IN THE CITIES,GOVERNMENT SHOULD INVEST MORE IN RURAL AREAS, CREATE MORE JOBS,BETTER TRANSPORT AND SAFETY MEASURES,ETC.WITH SO MUCH GOD-GIVEN NATURAL RESOU ...
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TIME FOR DRASTIC CHANGES,BETTER LIVING STANDARDS IN ALL AREAS,NOT ONLY IN THE CITIES,GOVERNMENT SHOULD INVEST MORE IN RURAL AREAS, CREATE MORE JOBS,BETTER TRANSPORT AND SAFETY MEASURES,ETC.WITH SO MUCH GOD-GIVEN NATURAL RESOURCES,THERE SHOULD BE EFFICIENCY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY
REMOVE THE. FROM THE PAYROLL- ghanani 6 days ago

Remove their names from the payroll immediately. Why should doctors who refuse postings and are not actively working be paid? They should also be barred from doing any work in Ghana. Unpatriotic Ghanaians. After enjoying free ...
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Remove their names from the payroll immediately. Why should doctors who refuse postings and are not actively working be paid? They should also be barred from doing any work in Ghana. Unpatriotic Ghanaians. After enjoying free medical training they are dictating where to work and where not to work.Students to be trained as doctors in Ghana should be made to sign an agreement to work anywhere in Ghana after the completion of their training.
Don't be silly, Minister ? 6 days ago

Kwasia, do u know what it takes to work in a rural area. Aboa, no stable electricity supply, losss of friends, cut off from the real worl in terms of technology, loneliness and boredom etc. So Mr Minister u and your wife must ...
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Kwasia, do u know what it takes to work in a rural area. Aboa, no stable electricity supply, losss of friends, cut off from the real worl in terms of technology, loneliness and boredom etc. So Mr Minister u and your wife must rather go the rural setting to work. Stupid fool !
Kay 6 days ago

We must be sure that common essentials like water and light are available in those villages.
How many politicians has children who studied medicine?
Out of that , how many of them were posted to the villages.
Ghana arise

We must be sure that common essentials like water and light are available in those villages.
How many politicians has children who studied medicine?
Out of that , how many of them were posted to the villages.
Ghana arise
Kwasi Poku 6 days ago

A very good decision but in the same vein, the ministry or people working in or on behalf of the ministry, must not accept bribes to change to postings of these doctors. In Ghana, we all know that teachers, nurses, National S ...
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A very good decision but in the same vein, the ministry or people working in or on behalf of the ministry, must not accept bribes to change to postings of these doctors. In Ghana, we all know that teachers, nurses, National Service personnel, etc, etc, if posted to places they don't like, can pay money for them to be posted elsewhere. If you are going to punish doctors who refuse rural postings, then don't accept bribes to influence their postings.
Nsia 6 days ago

Maasa Akandoh, if these bunch of wankers refuse to go , apart from from taking their names from them payroll, let the state "de certify" them as well.You render their certificates useless. Third point, no state anywhere in ...
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Maasa Akandoh, if these bunch of wankers refuse to go , apart from from taking their names from them payroll, let the state "de certify" them as well.You render their certificates useless. Third point, no state anywhere in the world is obliged to issue passport to anyone.So, when any of these arrogant bastards ever applies for a passport, the state should make sure he or she never gets onel Desperate diseases requires desperate remedies. You have to knock them them hard. Do not treat them w1ith kid gloves.The selfless white missionaries did not ask for luxuries when they came to our villages in the 1800s and 1900s. What a load of bollocks!
FACT 6 days ago

ARE THE BASIC NECESSITIES AVAILABLE IN THE RURAL HOSPITALS?
• Generators to provide electricity
• Safe water supply for both hospital and staff
• Cleaning supplies to maintain hygienic conditions
• Working la ...
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ARE THE BASIC NECESSITIES AVAILABLE IN THE RURAL HOSPITALS?
• Generators to provide electricity
• Safe water supply for both hospital and staff
• Cleaning supplies to maintain hygienic conditions
• Working lab for diagnosis
Provision of the basic necessities lure the medical staff. Threats breed resistance and constitute disrespect to the Medical Doctors.
Donatus 6 days ago

So you have been paying them all this while without knowing if they are at post?

So you have been paying them all this while without knowing if they are at post?
Jack 6 days ago

Masa, you can't threaten them in this manner. Address their situation.

Masa, you can't threaten them in this manner. Address their situation.
MATTHEW 6 days ago

WHAT IS EVEN WRONG WORKING IN RURAL AREAS, ARE THE PEOPLE THERE GOING TO EAT THEM UP? THIS AREAS ARE NOT EVEN RURAL VILLAGES THEY ARE BIG TOWNS.

WHAT IS EVEN WRONG WORKING IN RURAL AREAS, ARE THE PEOPLE THERE GOING TO EAT THEM UP? THIS AREAS ARE NOT EVEN RURAL VILLAGES THEY ARE BIG TOWNS.
Max 6 days ago

Do politicians value the work that civil and public servants do ? What are the incentives for working in a deprived area? People have worked in the deprived areas only to be denied their rightful positions because of perceive ...
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Do politicians value the work that civil and public servants do ? What are the incentives for working in a deprived area? People have worked in the deprived areas only to be denied their rightful positions because of perceived political affiliation. Are the no doctors from those areas? Sometimes language is even a problem. Why would someone who was fee paying student agree to work in a deprived area? Sometimes no better accommodation and social life. Motivates them and they with work for you.
Yao 6 days ago

Thank you Minister. Kudos

Thank you Minister. Kudos
Abinziki 6 days ago

People just talk anyhow, without knowing the problems and difficulties the doctors who honestly accept their postings go through. Most of them are made to sleep in the theatre staff dressing rooms, ward units, share rooms of ...
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People just talk anyhow, without knowing the problems and difficulties the doctors who honestly accept their postings go through. Most of them are made to sleep in the theatre staff dressing rooms, ward units, share rooms of 2 to 4 , Snake infested environments , of which they have to go on night duties. And all some of you can do is to talk with " banku matcho " shoulders. Mr. Minister, you are trying well for the ministry, but please make the rural areas a bit comfortable for them, and I don't think there would be issues of posting them. And note that most countries are attracted to Ghanaian doctors and nurses, so by the time you finish with your threats, they may be gone already. So please do something.
muntari 6 days ago

Aboa Minister, how much is your night and phone allowance!!!!!

Aboa Minister, how much is your night and phone allowance!!!!!
Gabu 5 days ago

How far with the rural allowance?

How far with the rural allowance?
OZYMANDIAS 5 days ago

Remove them and go to the rural areas to do the work yourself. Village fool.

Remove them and go to the rural areas to do the work yourself. Village fool.
agyeman 5 days ago

MINISTER, THAT IS AN INFANTILE THOUGHT. WHY DON'T YOU LET DOCTORS OF NOTHERN DESCENT WORK IN THE NORTH INSTEAD OF THE SOUTH. WITH THE VOLATILE NATURE OF THE WHOLE OF THE NORTH WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WORK THERE? LET NORT ...
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MINISTER, THAT IS AN INFANTILE THOUGHT. WHY DON'T YOU LET DOCTORS OF NOTHERN DESCENT WORK IN THE NORTH INSTEAD OF THE SOUTH. WITH THE VOLATILE NATURE OF THE WHOLE OF THE NORTH WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WORK THERE? LET NORTHERNERS WORK IN THE NORTH UNLESS YOU WANT TO TELL GHANAIANS THERE ARE NO TRAINED DOCTORS FROM THE NORTH.
Matey 5 days ago

Surprised you are talking about this. This should have long been done. What are they being paid for?

Surprised you are talking about this. This should have long been done. What are they being paid for?

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