{"id":91261,"date":"2015-02-13T14:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=91261"},"modified":"2015-02-13T14:56:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:56:36","slug":"nurses-and-midwives-call-off-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=91261","title":{"rendered":"Nurses and midwives call off strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses and midwives at the Tamale Teaching Hospital who <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/13\/tamale-teaching-hospital-nurses-strike-bungalows\/#sthash.O0jDmusF.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>embarked on a strike<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to press home their demand for better conditions of service\u00a0have called off their day old strike.<\/p>\n<p>The health workers withdrew their services on Thursday due to what they say are unfavourable working conditions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77348\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Dr-Kwaku-Agyemang-Mensah2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77348\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Dr-Kwaku-Agyemang-Mensah2014.jpg\" alt=\"Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah \" width=\"565\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Dr-Kwaku-Agyemang-Mensah2014.jpg 565w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Dr-Kwaku-Agyemang-Mensah2014-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;VOjGiDV8m4vBnYfox4pM7QOagbWyQwjY&#8221;]According to the health personnel they have been unfairly treated by management of the hospital in the allocation of accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for the aggrieved nurses and midwives, Musah Salifu says they called it off after a satisfactory meeting with management.<\/p>\n<p>After our meeting with management yesterday, everybody was satisfied and for tha reason, we called off the strike.<\/p>\n<p>Acccording to him, the whole issue boarded on accommodation, adding that what triggered the protest was the fact that &#8220;two nurses had been evicted from their apartment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the issue was resolved after the nurses were asked to return to their apartment.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the management will finally resolve the issue after it has instituted its accomodation policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It \u00a0was contained in the letter that the accomodatoion policy will finish by March 1 and subsequently that is what we will use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses and midwives at the Tamale Teaching Hospital who embarked on a strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service\u00a0have called off their day old strike. The health workers withdrew their services on Thursday due to what they say are unfavourable working conditions. 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