{"id":140080,"date":"2015-08-03T10:23:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=140080"},"modified":"2015-08-03T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:26:13","slug":"health-ministry-outlines-plans-to-reduce-impact-of-doctors-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/health-ministry-outlines-plans-to-reduce-impact-of-doctors-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry outlines plans to reduce impact of doctors&#8217; strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Health Ministry has instructed all heads of public health facilities to be at post to work with non-striking staff available during the period of the strike by the Ghana Medical Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was contained in a strategy statement aimed at reducing the impact of the doctors strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Lzqq33Rv9GqyRPkegiU09B21NABmtxKC&#8221;]Heads of the various units are also to ensure that there are continuous emergency services, including maternity services at all health services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry has also directed all ambulance services to remain on standby for emergency services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visit private hospitals \u2013 NHIA tells clients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development, the National Health insurance authority (NHIA) is urging all NHIS subscribers to visit the \u00a0over 1,000 accredited <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/03\/doctors-strike-visit-private-hospitals-nhia-tells-clients\/\" target=\"_blank\">private and faith based hospitals<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>across the county instead of public health facilities, following the doctor\u2019s strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNHIS cards are not only eligible in government establishments but can be used in the over 1,000 NHIS-credentialed private and faith-based healthcare facilities,\u201d a statement signed by the Communications Manager of the NHIS, Selorm Adonoo stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement further noted that cardholders can access healthcare \u201cat the 37 Military and Police Hospitals in Accra and the many Health Centres and Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis arrangement is to ensure that subscribers of the NHIS continue to access healthcare services while the Ghana Medical Association (GMA)\u2019s negotiations with government and strike persist,\u201d the stated added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doctors in the country on July 30,2015 <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/07\/29\/doctors-declare-nationwide-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>laid down their tools<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>to protest the absence of conditions of service document for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have vowed to further resign from the public service if government fails to meet their demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Raymond Acquah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Ministry has instructed all heads of public health facilities to be at post to work with non-striking staff available during the period of the strike by the Ghana Medical Association. 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