The Accra Psychiatric hospital has indicated that activities there are back to normal after striking nurses returned to work yesterday [Tuesday].
Authorities there have also confirmed that there are enough medical supplies to work with.
[contextly_sidebar id=”L08lSfX9LjNcwaKILpoUfTWraO1fjaWx”]The Secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Group (PNG) Philemon Anto Ennin, said to Citi News, “We are back to work. Nurses have responded positively. They believe in the PNG so whatever information the send out to them, they respond in due time and appropriately, so we are all back to work as expected.”
He also stated that the nurses were content with the logisitcal intervention put in place.
“Yesterday we had the opportunity of meeting management so they took as to the Central Medical stores to ascertain for ourselves about them procuring those logistics and I can confidently tell you that everything is in full even for logistics like the gloves. They can even last us till next year [2017] may. There are about 2000 boxes of such logistics around.”
Background
Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital called off their strike on November 7 after negotiations with the Health Ministry, the Mental Health Authority and the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA).
The nurses withdrew their services over government’s failure to provide them with basic logistics and essential medicines which they said worsened the conditions of some of the mental patients.
They were also making a demand for better conditions of service. Government has also released some funds for the facility to offset some of its debt and to also run the place. Government is expected to release more funds for the facility in the coming weeks.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifonline.com/Ghana