KATH Stops Admitting Patients

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has ceased admitting new patients as the strike action by consultants enters the second week.

Seriously ill patients who otherwise would have gone on admission have been turned away because there are no consultants to attend to them.

The President of the Junior Doctors association, Dr Lawrence Osei Tutu told graphic.com.gh Thursday, “We simply cannot cope with the terrible situation.”

He said they were only working on patients who were on admission before the strike begun.

The consultants are protesting against the non-payment of their allowances and have sworn not to return to work until all arrears had been paid them.

The management of the hospital said they were making every effort to pay them and appealed to them to return to work.

A visit to the hospital Thursday morning, revealed a situation where scores