{"id":363619,"date":"2017-10-20T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=363619"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:06:45","slug":"245-jobless-doctors-get-financial-clearance-after-citi-fms-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/245-jobless-doctors-get-financial-clearance-after-citi-fms-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"245 jobless doctors get financial clearance after Citi FM’s ‘intervention’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Ministry of Finance has finally cleared some 245 doctors after six months of being unemployed.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the commitment of the\u00a0government to absorbing these doctors, and healthcare in general, was questioned when one of the doctors\u00a0wrote to Citi FM<\/strong> conveying the frustration of the jobless doctors who appear ready to serve the country.<\/p>\n The concerns of the medical doctors and the delays in financial clearance for these doctors and many other public sector workers, was also widely discussed on Ghana’s award-winning morning show, the Citi CBS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Dr. John-Diego\u00a0Kosoe confirmed that the doctors were informed on Thursday evening \u201cby way of a text message that we had got the finance clears for 245 medical officers who had been home for the past five to six months after the housemanship.\u201d<\/p>\n “I personally went to the Ministry [of Finance] today [Friday] and true to it, we\u2019ve got the clearance. I saw the letter and the list to that effect,” he said.<\/p>\n