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Doctors embark on nationwide strike

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  • TENDAANA 11 years ago

    Good abi? some lifesavers

  • NEMESIS, UK 11 years ago

    THE POPE HAS RESIGNED. CATHOLIC CHURCH IS WITHOUT HEAD BISHOP...THE POPE.

  • Before & After 11 years ago

    I think doctors in Ghana are still overpaid. They assume they are the most educated professionals in Ghana so they must be treated as demigods. However, I will like to inform them that there are equally important professional ...
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  • Solo 11 years ago

    This greedy doctors again. Ya bre, go ahead and do politics with peoples life's.

  • Nana Bawuah 11 years ago

    "They want to take salaries equivalent to that of developed countries but they forget that the quality of work done by those in the developed countries are better. Lazy and selfish doctors"

    Doctors in the most developed co ...
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  • Before & After 11 years ago

    Well, for your information,I get paid for my work irrespective of which party wins an election. If you're disappointed that you went into your job, you can always opt out. You won't be the first carer to quit his job. I have ...
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  • Nana Bawuah 11 years ago

    I did not study medical sciences, but economy and management. But some of my friends and family relations are medical doctors. Most of them studied in Germany. In case you dont know, if you study in Germany its quite differen ...
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  • Osei Yao 11 years ago

    MOSO OF YOUR FRIENDS BECAME 'BOOK LONG. NO ONE IS PAID FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME SPENT IN STUDIES, BUT FOR SERVICES RENDERED. MOST DOCTORS DO SHODDY WORK. ONE OF YOUR GERMAN-TRAINED 'EXPERT' TOLD A DIABETIC PATIENT WITH KIDNEY P ...
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  • Nana Bawuah 11 years ago

    Absolute nonesense! Most of my people have been working in Ghana, USA and Germany. Mistakes happen everywhere. Maybe he had some other problems or diseases. Drinking suffiecent water is a necessity, but will certainly not cau ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

    That being the case, what do most of your useless MPs do to deserve what is paid them

  • Dzigbodzi Bonsu 11 years ago

    WE WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT THE GOVERNMENT LOOTS THE COUNTRY OF IT'S GOLD WHICH IS A WAY OF INCREASING THEIR SALARYS TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION AND HARDSHIP IN THE COUNTRY

  • myghanalinks 11 years ago

    Well said!

  • OYC 11 years ago

    Give me the profession? ..What ever your profession is, go and learn basic economic law of demand and supply.. It takes about 7 dedicated years to be a doctor, it only takes one or two years to be a President or MP, even in t ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD, IT WILL BE SAID THAT GHANAIANS WERE OFFERED FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, IMPROVED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THE POOR AND AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY BUT 50% SAID NO THANK YOU. THEY PREFERRED ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

    What is wrong in giving them their due? Even the foolish MPs are highly paid with fat rent allownces and car loans guaranteed by the government. I don't think the Doctors are just foolish and go on strike anytime they feel li ...
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  • Pebbles Nusetor 11 years ago

    Aside the demonic actions of these doctors, it is open secret that the Gen Secretary Dr Serebour could be linked to the Lt Col Serebour who one talked on one of the media platforms as a security officer of NPP. This party co ...
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  • YAOVI MEVADO 11 years ago

    THIS IS EXTREME INGRATITUDE FROM THESE GREEDY GHANA DOCTORS. THEY ARE EVEN SO AROGANT IN CONSULTATION. TOTAL LACK OF MORALS - GOD SAVE HUAMNITY

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

    Two of my uncles belong to different camps in Ghana politics. Is that not true? What about the Jinapors?

  • mathias 11 years ago

    it's a
    shame...Disgraceful...embarrassing...pathetic....Outrageous.....Scandalous...Appalling...Dishonourable...Discreditable..Reprehensible....Disgraceful. Ghanaian doctors are the worse performing doctors in the world (che ...
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  • Edey bee keke 11 years ago

    Go for blood money for yourself...doctors in ghana work under harsh hospital conditions...stupid fool why didnt u tell the president and his ministers to go for blood money wen they doubled their salary

  • mathias 11 years ago

    Address the issues and stop the insults. That's my view, i dont indulge in such debates. just convience me that doctors are not going after blood money when thier action will result in deaths.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    AUTHOR: TONY

    P/NDCs HAVE LIED FROM AFRC TIME TO PRESENT DAY NDC GOVERNMENT. GHANA HAS WASTED OVER 30 YEARS OF J.J. RAWLINGS REIGN OF TERROR. NPP RULED FOR JUST 8 YEARS WITH DECENCY, HONESTY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RULE OF LAW ...
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  • mathias 11 years ago

    We need to get the doctors back to work. then, we can start to talk politics Tony...

  • FEARON 11 years ago

    THIS IS THE MENTALLITY OF YOU NDC. YOU WAIT TILL IT BOXES AT YOUR FACE BEFORE YOU REALIZE OH! ITS THE OTHER ENTRANCE.
    YOU ARE SO STURBBON THAT THE KNIFE CANNOT EVEN SLICE THROUGH YOUR EAR.

  • DONDO 11 years ago

    John Mahama dont give a fuck about Ghanaians. When doctors are on strike he is selling and signing his book in London.
    We need a president who care about his people and John Mahama doesnt because he is not sure whether he is ...
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  • Before & After 11 years ago

    Ghana has a president IF you're not aware. If you don't live in Ghana, check your facts. Don't hide behind politics to support those greedy people who want to earn more than they are qualify for. They are overpaid. The strike ...
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  • MP 11 years ago

    WHAT A RELIEF TO KNOW THAT "Before & After" HAS BETTER QUALIFICATIONS TO DO THE WORK OF OUR DOCTORS. GO AHEAD, INVITE OUR GREEDY LAWMAKERS WITH FAT SALARIES AND HOUSING ALLOWANCES TO JOIN YOU IN HEALING THE SICK AND SAVING LI ...
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  • kojo 11 years ago

    Oh ghana Murderers Association Again

  • JUSTICE 11 years ago

    The blood thirsty doctor is back for more

  • kwasi 11 years ago

    we are tired of you guys. go ahead with your strike.... yaabre moo. abaaa...

  • Amina Siedu. 11 years ago

    Pls allow the doctors to fight for their right if the government don't see the importance of their work. teachers were pulled out of classrooms to become MP's, and they are pocketing GHC72000 monthly minus , accommodation and ...
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  • Obuasi 11 years ago

    Chiidish talk. If you want the pay of on an MP, did somebody force you to be a doctor? This are the stupidity talk by some of you that allow Doctors to fool in Ghana. What the hell you think are doctors, it is only in Ghana f ...
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  • TRUTH 11 years ago

    ARE THEY THE ONLY PROFESSIONALS THERE A LOT THERE WITH DELICATE SERVICES I TELL YOU PEOPLE LIKE FISHERMEN DRIVERS,ZOOMLINE WORKERS MARKETWOMEN,KAYAYEI,CHOPBAR OPERATORS, LOT MORE SERVICES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT SO IF THEY ALSO GO ...
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  • KOLOOKO, JAPAN 11 years ago

    QUESTION TO BEFORE AND AFTER>HAVE YOU BEEN CHAINED OVER THERE?

  • CONSCIENCE 11 years ago

    THIS KOBOLOR FISHERMAN TURNED JOURNALIST AGAIN ? YOU ARE COMPAREING THESE TO AN EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL.
    AAAAAH ! I SEE YOUR MENTALITY. YOU ARE A COMMUNIST. DON'T EVER THINK OF TAKING MONEY FROM THE HARD WORKING RICH TO TO GIVE ...
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  • KOLOOKO, JAPAN 11 years ago

    GOVERNMENT MUST RESPOND TO THEM IMMEDIATELY

  • CAB 11 years ago

    BLAME THE GREEDY POLITICIANS WHO GIVE THEMSELVES 120% SALARY INCREASES AND HUGE HOUSING ALLOWANCES IN SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION BETTER GHANA WITHOUT CARING A DIME ABOUT OTHER GHANAIANS.

  • hard one 11 years ago

    everyday doctors want to go on strike,can they be able to bring back life if thier actions causes someones death?ha ba we are tierd of you poeple

  • aka baby boogaloo 11 years ago

    Greedy bastards, all dieeee be dieeee we shall all meet in heaven. Please leave the govt hospital and create your own clinics. We shall die for our country. If you do not know what happened before you were born you will for ...
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  • KOLOOKO, JAPAN 11 years ago

    THE GOVERNMENT ONLY CARE ABOUT GOOD LIVING CONDITIONS OF PALIAMENTARIANS AND THEMSELVES.BELIEVE ME GHANA WILL SOON BE IN STORMS

  • Before & After 11 years ago

    Go back home and work there.

  • DAN 11 years ago

    For the first time in my life I FULLY support the strike that doctors are embarking on. why should lazy and incompetent people like our parliamentarians (some of who do not make any contributions or utter a word) in parliamen ...
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  • Kb. 11 years ago

    Hmmmmm!

  • Pelicles 11 years ago

    I fully support the Doctors. They should not work till their demands are met. They work in one of the most harsh conditions inn Ghana yet, the government seems oblivious to what they are going through.

    If Mahama and co, c ...
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  • kwamina 11 years ago

    You nailed it bro!

  • ERAZA 11 years ago

    why always strike government pay them enough but stilll dey want more i dont understand ghanaians we are greedy tooo much we should change our mentality its vey bad.., government shoul forget them ibi their family wey them s ...
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  • PLAIN TRUTH 11 years ago

    WHAT ELSE DO U EXPECT WHEN HOMOSEXUALS TAKE OVER A NATION..NO LIGHT, WATER, AFFORDABLE EDUCATION,& BASIC HEALTHCARE... ALL OUR RESOURCES ARE NOW USED FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL NDC CLUB.

  • BOB MARLEY REINCARNATE 11 years ago

    FIRE BURN DEM ALL; BLACK STARS GIVES THE WHOLE NATION HYPERTENSION,YOU GAVE THEM HUGE WHALLOPING SUMS OF MONEY TO DO SO. YOU DONT LISTEN TO CONCERNS OF DOCTORS WHO ARE VERY CAREFUL TO REVIVE YOUR MOTHER SISTER DAD BROTHER OR ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    ............THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD. OH!! THIS ODDITY KNOWN AS NDC. GHANAIANS HAVE UNLEASHED THE POWER OF HELL UPON THEMSELVES.

  • BOB MARLEY REINCARNATE 11 years ago

    HOW CAN YOU BE SITTING THERE , TELLING ME, THAT YOU CARE? THAT YOU CARE? WHEN EVERYTIME I LOOK AROUND, I THE PEOPLE SUFFER IN THE SUFFERING, IN ANYWAY, AND EVERYWAY.NA NA NA NA NANANANA WER THE SURVIVORS..........
    SICK AND ...
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  • SENSE PREFECT 11 years ago

    ADUSEI (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS ADE SEI).
    DO YOU BELIEVE IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT ALL? YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THREATENING TO TAKE PEOPLE TO COURT OR LEADING THESE STRIKES WHICH CAUSE PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES.THESE STRIKES ALWAY ...
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  • Yelpoe 11 years ago

    If my tax was not for other purposes than for paying for the training of medical doctors in this Ghana town, I would have stopped paying it.Let's continue improving on traditional medicare and call the bluff of some of these ...
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  • Egya Nda 11 years ago

    Kwabena Opoku-Adusei from Kumasi we are fed up with you and your mafia group. We are ready for death.

  • Nana 11 years ago

    Their egos are just too much. fuck these doctors!

  • CAPE-COAST BOY 11 years ago

    THE HOLY BIBLE HAS SAID THAT BY THEIR DEEDS WE SHALL KNOW THEM.GHANA NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND NOT SOMEBODY WHO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR SOME NONSENSE IN LONDON ON TAX PAYER MONEY

  • Edwin 11 years ago

    we have to understand them sometimes because how can a politician, some wid no degree earn 8000 wid some benefits jux for lying to Ghanaian and dose wid such trainin earn less...hmmm bt pls lives are involved oo

  • KOO-SWISS 11 years ago

    THE BLOOD THIRSTY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE CALLED MEDICAL KILLERS ARE ON IT AGAIN; as they need human blood to perform their gods rituals .

    I dont blame them but the greedy bastards who instead of making a sound policies to ...
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  • john 11 years ago

    Look, these guys are holding the state hostage with the shoddy work they do. Spolied and Greedy bunch of doctors; They have drug the profession into the mat.

  • before-before 11 years ago

    you see what i always say... the nation have been robbed

  • before-before 11 years ago

    NDC are killers

  • sikdo 11 years ago

    oh ghana

  • Earl Jones 11 years ago

    when is this going to stop? The government must come up with a lasting and permanent solution to stop this Drs from holding us hostage. We are fed up! They are not the only Ghanaians providing us with a vital service. We are ...
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  • AKUA 11 years ago

    POEPLE OF GHANA,LETS DO THE RIGHT THINK.IMPORTANT THINGS FRIST.HOW FAIR IS IT.THAT OTHERS WILL WORK, FOR POLITICIANS TO TAKE JUICY PAY AND ALLOWANCE?.IN AFRICA, I THINK THERE IS NO NEED FOR ALL THOSE MINISTERS.RATHER,MINISTRY ...
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  • fredom figthy 11 years ago

    fuck all the doctors

  • Concerned Ghanaian 11 years ago

    In as much as I think the doctors are being insensitive, If politicians are looting and taking so much as rent allowance, who is to blame.God will take care of his own...Death, a necessary end will come when it will come...Do ...
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  • ADAMA 11 years ago

    GHANA IS SINKING

  • Dissapointed doctors 11 years ago

    Chiidish talk. If you want the pay of on an MP, did somebody force you to be a doctor? This are the stupidity talk by some of you that allow Doctors to fool in Ghana. What the hell you think are doctors, it is only in Ghana f ...
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  • Owu 11 years ago

    Doctors deserves same pay and benefits as MP's. stakeholders make Ghana a country worth living.

  • lariba 11 years ago

    I am 100% sure the president will make this situation his top priority. We care about our doctors more than our so-called mps!!!

  • nightingale 11 years ago

    Are the MP's better than the Doctors, they are all the same,why should Government increase their salaries, give them rent allowance and other benefit. what about the doctors

  • Whatever 11 years ago

    There can be no justification for a direct act which neglects ordinary sick Ghanaians to die. MP's might have been overpaid but that is no excuse not to save lives and cure illnesses as much as possible

  • Whatever 11 years ago

    If one person die out of this senseless action, I will urge the government not to pay any of this doctors at the end of the month

  • Barima Yaw 11 years ago

    true

  • Bush 11 years ago

    Why shouldn't they? because of politics those who are even not qualified to been given accommodations were doled out such a huge some of money for only God knows why. some of them receiving it for the 5th time together with ...
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  • Bobby Bombo 11 years ago

    There they go again, holding the nation to ransom. And its always under and NDC administration. How fair.

  • JACOB 11 years ago

    THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT MIND THE DOCTORS FOR WE KNOW THE PROFESSION WAS A GOD'S CALL BUT ON RECENT DAYS DIFFERENT THING ALTOGETHER.

  • KOBINA KWENTSIR 11 years ago

    Facing realities, the Healthcare system needs to be privatized, the National Health Insurance Scheme be made more effective to make room for better benefits and services, including provision and maintenance of logistics.