Health Unions Demo: GRNMA backs Korle Bu CEO

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association(GRNMA) Greater Accra Chapter has disassociated itself from an impending demonstration by the Korle-Bu Senior Staff Association against the Chief Executive Officer.

This comes after a letter circulating in the media space explains that, six health unions have petitioned the Ministry of Health against extending the tenure of Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah as Chief Executive Officer of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

The Unions comprise the Health Service Workers Union, Ghana Federation of Allied Health Professionals of Korle-Bu chapter, Health Accounting Staff Association of Ghana, Korle Bu Senior Staff Association, Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association and Ghana Registered Nursing and Midwives Association.

Reacting to the said letter after a meeting with the CEO of Korle-Bu to discuss issues concerning the welfare of their members in the facility, the Acting Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, Jefferson Asare Danquah affirmed that Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives has no hands in the demonstration and will not be part.

He said, "Our union is bigger than all the supposed unions who are planning to demonstrate so we won’t sit down for someone to tell us what we should do. Our major priority is to fight for the welfare of our members and we are not relenting on that.

“We’ve met with the CEO to address our challenges and he has assured us they are working to resolve them so what we will do as an association is to continue the negotiations until every challenge is resolved rather than embarking on a demonstration,” he added.

Mr. Asare Danquah maintained that the GRNMA won’t be engaged in the demonstration adding that any member who joins does that at his/her own risk.