[ 2015-06-01 ]

Doctors Serve July 1 Strike Notice
The Ghana Medical Association has begun beating
war drums over their conditions of service.

Speaking at a press conference Sunday, the
president of the GMA Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei said
the government has failed to provide their terms
and conditions of service more than four months
after making the demand.

“The general public and stakeholders should know
the GMA has been patient enough and must not blame
the GMA if we withdraw our services after June,”
Dr Opoku-Adusei said.

He said the June 30 deadline has been served since
last year and they will not relent on that.

“A deadline of 30th June, 2015 was given to
government to ensure that doctors in the public
sector have a negotiated and signed conditions of
service document. The GMA in that communique
indicated that if by the end of this deadline the
conditions of service document is not secured, all
the affected doctors shall consider themselves
unemployed,” he added.

Below is a communique issued by the GMA

May 31, 2015

PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 3rd
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE
GHANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (GMA) FOR THE YEAR 2015.
HELD AT THE PEMPAMSIE HOTEL. CAPE COAST IN THE
CENTRAL REGION. FROM 29th - 31st MAY. 2015

In a communique issued at the end of the 56th
Annual General Conference of the Ghana Medical
Association (GMA) on 9th November, 2014 in
Takoradi, Western Region, the GMA drew the
attention of government to the fact that its
members working with the Ministry of Health (Ghana
Health Service /Teaching Hospitals) were without
conditions of service. A deadline of 30th June,
2015 was given to government to ensure that
doctors in the public sector have a negotiated and
signed conditions of service document. The GMA in
that communique indicated that if by the end of
this deadline the conditions of service document
is not secured, all the affected doctors shall
consider themselves unemployed.

A press statement was issued at the end of the 2nd
National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the
GMA held at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on 20th
March, 2015, indicating that the GMA was strictly
going to adhere to the 30th June, 2015 deadline
because government had not taken any steps to
solve the issue of lack of conditions of service
for its members, four (4) Months after serving our
initial notice.

However, barely a month to the deadline,
government has started some machinations to
absolve itself from blame should the deadline not
be met. The GMA holds government to its earlier
promise to meet the deadline.

The National Executive Council (NEC) hereby
affirms that the GMA stands by its 30th June, 2015
deadline.

The GMA would like to communicate the following
roadmap to its members, government and the general
public:

1. All members should look out for regular
communication on this subject from the National
and Divisional Secretariats.
2. All members should attend weekly Divisional
Meetings beginning Friday 5th June, 2015 for
sensitization and planning towards the deadline.
3. There will be a National Executive Council
Meeting of the GMA in the next couple of weeks to
assess any development.
4. The Divisional Executives of the Association in
the various regions will continue to engage the
general public on this subject.

The general public and all stakeholders should
take note of the fact that the GMA has been
patient enough and therefore should hold
government responsible for any disturbances in the
industrial front after the deadline.

Source - Dr. K Opoku-Adu President

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