Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association in Nandom to embark on strike

Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association in the Nandom Municipality of the Upper West region have threatened to embark on a sit down strike starting Monday (April 27, 2020).

The action is to protest the alleged neglect of three of their members who were exposed to the coronavirus (COVID 19).

“The region has given me the go ahead that if nothing will be done, if all the nurses at the OPD will not be quarantined, starting from Monday there will be total sit down strike, especially at the OPD and if things are not done for us, we will extend it further.“

The Nandom Municipal Chairman of the association, John Nyandore in an interview with Accra based Citi FM complained that three nurses and a doctor were exposed to the disease but the authorities in the municipality quarantined only the doctor.

“The doctor who attended to the patient went into quarantine and later the medical superintendent called one of the nurses who was in the same consulting room with the doctor and asked her to go into self-quarantine. He went further and told the OPD ward in-charge, that if he is witnessing any signs and symptoms he should let him know”.

He said after consulting with his superiors in the region, they have decided to go on a sit down strike if all the nurses are not quarantined.