The Hospital Orderlies Association of Ghana, HOAG, has called on the government to provide them with the necessary equipment for their work.<\/p>\n
The group, made up of assistant health workers and janitors said the unavailability of protective equipment and proper cleaning materials is putting their lives at risk.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”G4m9VSY9CtNb7fEbGedH8Rqljezbjnpu”]The spokesperson for the Association, Beatrice Safo in an interview accused the government of neglect, adding that \u201c they think most of us are illiterate, so anything that we need to do our work they don\u2019t give us the tools.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that most times they purchase the cleaning equipments they use \u00a0\u201cthe tools that we used to do our work like working gear, boats they hardly provide and sometimes we buy the brooms,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n
Beatrice Safo therefore called on the government to look into their plight because of the vulnerability of their job adding that \u201cthis job sometimes makes us sick because we are in the theatres, mortuaries, wards, consulting rooms and everywhere in the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
She admitted that their job was an important one adding that \u201cif you go any hospital and the hospital is neat and nice it is the Orderlies.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Patricia Conteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hospital Orderlies Association of Ghana, HOAG, has called on the government to provide them with the necessary equipment for their work. The group, made up of assistant health workers and janitors said the unavailability of protective equipment and proper cleaning materials is putting their lives at risk. [contextly_sidebar id=”G4m9VSY9CtNb7fEbGedH8Rqljezbjnpu”]The spokesperson for the Association, Beatrice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":72531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[15,38],"yoast_head":"\n