Striking Lab Scientists Upset Over KATH’s Management’s Use Of Private Lab Facilities

The Striking members of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s chapter of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists have expressed disappointment about reports that hospital’s management is engaging the services of the laboratory scientists from private facilities. Ernest Badu Boateng, Chairman of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s Chapter of the Association

said such a move could be read as an act of bad faith. It also sends a signal to our members that it is as if our issues don’t even bother them, and that all our services can easily be replaced, Mr. Boateng said. He however conceded it is the right of the hospital’s management to also seek to engage some of these [private] services to mitigate the action going on.

Background

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital laboratory scientists are on strike to protest the decision of the hospital’s management to keep some two medical specialists in key positions too at the Directorate. They began the one week sit down strike also on the Thursday, the May 20, 2021. According to the group, following a meeting with

the National Executive Committee of the Association, it has resolved to draw a road map that will also result in a nationwide strike by its members within this week. We are giving management and the Ministry this window to quickly resolve the issue concerning posting of these two medical officers so that peace will also prevail, but

should we go through this strike and the situation still remains the same, then the general assembly and all the members will meet again to decide on the next line of action, Mr. Boateng also said in an earlier interview.