The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is asking\u00a0the management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to intervene in an impasse between its members and bio-medical scientists at the facility.<\/p>\n
Doctors with\u00a0the GMA claim they have received both physical and verbal threats from the bio-medical scientists.<\/p>\n
They are also accusing the bio-medics of barring them from performing their duties at the various laboratories at the hospital, thus hindering the delivery of quality health care.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”8cMcXVizM6T1PoukEvfhsgmbQGvgR0W6″]In a Citi News<\/strong> interview, the Chairman of the Greater Accra division of the GMA, Dr. Ernest Yorke, revealed they will be forced to go to all lengths to protect their members\u00a0if management does not call the bio-medical scientists to order.<\/p>\n He said,\u201cThis is getting to a head and it will come to a situation where something drastic might happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Yorke says the worst of it was when\u00a0a Laboratory Manager issued an instruction to its members not to visit the facility until all issues are resolved.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was what broke the camel\u2019s back; they received a verbal instruction from one of the laboratory managers that they should\u00a0not step foot in the hospital till we get all those issues resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr Yorke called on the\u00a0management of Korle-Bu to intervene since the current unhealthy relationship\u00a0is affecting the training of doctors.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is impunity at\u00a0the highest level. I think that management of the hospital must wake up, the board must wake up because the doctors they are sending to be trained are not being trained; and they are staying at home because someone said you cannot work here.\u201d<\/p>\n The Korle-bu Central Laboratory Manager, Dr Ahmed Mashud, has however refuted reports bio-medical personnel are restricting doctors from using the laboratories.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cNo, it\u2019s not true because no one can have the power to prevent someone from entering the lab.\u00a0The laboratory is opened 24 hours a week. People are welcome to the lab, people are here to work,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n