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#OmensMustBeFired: Manhyia hospital nurses strike over NSS director’s gaffe

The nurses are staying away from the wards until the Ashanti regional director of the National Service Scheme, Alex Opoku-Mensah, is dismissed for allegedly abusing one of their members at Manhyia District Hospital

Over 360 nurses and midwives at Manhyia District Hospital are on strike, effective Friday 2 December, to press for the dismissal of the Ashanti regional director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, for allegedly abusing a nurse.

Opoku-Mensah, popularly called Omens, was recorded wading into a misunderstanding between a female nurse on duty and a doctor identified as his daughter at the medical facility.

He is currently on suspension pending investigations into the case.

After an emergency meeting on Thursday, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) directed its members at Manhyia District Hospital to stay away from the wards until the NSS boss loses his job.

The leadership of the nurses in a meeting prior to the strike
Leaders of the nurses meet before the strike

 

“Until Alex Opoku-Mensah is sacked, no nurse is coming to work,” the Ashanti regional president of the nurses’ association, Jones Afriyie Anto, told Asaase News.

“If by Tuesday [6 December] he is not sacked, the whole Ashanti Region nurses will also be on strike.”

Listen to Jones Afriyie Anto of the GRNMA in the audio file attached below:

 

This is the strike notice from the GRNMA:

 

GRNMA's strike notice

 

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