Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) will effective today, March 13, 2024 begin an indefinite strike.
This is due to plans to move them out of their residences at Danyame in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.
The leadership of the Association has stated that its members are facing eviction from their bungalows, which have allegedly been sold to a private developer.
Dr Michael Leat chairman of the Komfo Anokye Doctors Association (KADA) describes the situation as “scandalous” and expressed outrage at the persistent threats to cut electricity and water supply to the doctors’ homes in an attempt to force them out.
“The persistent threats to cut electricity and water supply to the homes of doctors in order to forcefully push them out is inhumane and not acceptable in any case”, Dr Leat stated in a letter addressed to the CEO of the hospital.
“We are thereby notifying management of our collective decision to be absent from work in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from Wednesday, 13.03.24., at 06:00 hrs till this matter is completely resolved. We encourage management as our employers to pursue all avenues to solve this fiasco which is a never-event in any developed country”, the letter further added.
A letter jointly signed by various consultants and specialists at KATH expressed their grievances regarding the eviction notice served to them.
The doctors have given government a three-day ultimatum to address their accommodation issues or face their wrath.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is set to have an emergency meeting over the issue today.
