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| 06 May 2009 | 07:41 AM |
The decision by junior doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to lay down their stethoscopes and stay out of their consulting rooms has unsurprisingly sparked a fresh round of criticisms that doctors see themselves as a special breed of professionals who can hold the nation to ransom every now and again. The Komfo Anokye doctors chose a rather opportune day to start their strike – May 1st (workers’ day), a day when much attentions is focussed on the workers of the world . They are demanding, among others, a review of their salaries and the payment of allowances which have been in arrears for more than a year.
No one likes to see doctors go on strike. When they do, the nation’s already cranky health delivery system grinds to a near-complete halt. The cost of such strikes – in terms of lives lost and the misery of the sick – is often too much to count. A good number of Ghanaians think that doctors in this country are too demanding – they call a strike (or threaten to call one) at the least opportunity.
We must all realise, however, that it is hard to be a doctor in this country. I have many friends in the profession and I know of the long work hours they have to endure, often using obsolete equipment to try and save lives. Our doctors are often compelled to look on helplessly as people die of diseases they know they could easily have treated if conditions were right and if the right equipment were available. Our doctors work under trying conditions, which expose them to serious health risks they would never have encountered if our hospitals were as well-run as they should be.
I think our doctors are a special breed, indeed. They do make enormous sacrifices and our government has no right denying them their due. Delaying the payment of their allowances for months on end is inexcusable. Failing to re-negotiate their conditions of service for years is the highest form of governmental irresponsibility, especially considering the fact that these are professionals whose services are in high demand elsewhere. The least they have to do is to just jump on the next available plane and fly away. Someone elsewhere will embrace them with open arms and give them what they deserve – state-of-the-art equipment to work with, the heftiest of paycheques and assorted perks.
This country loses many of its doctors to the developed world every year. I may be wrong but I think there are more Ghanaian doctors practising abroad than there are in this country.
I have a doctor friend who has worked for well over ten years, determined to give back to this nation what has been invested in her. Every day and every night she works under the most trying conditions to do her best to do what she’s sworn to do. But at every turn she’s confronted with enormous frustrations that make her question the sense in her decision to stay on while her colleagues travel abroad for better prospects, financial security and job satisfaction. After ten years, she’s “had enough” and she’s ready to go. “I have paid my dues,” she says.
I think she’s made the right decision. If I were in her shoes, I would have moved out without any hesitation years ago. It is a big shame that while our political leaders say there is no money to pay essential professionals like doctors and teachers, they manage to raise funds to buy luxury cars, fly first class around the world, build luxury mansions and even get enough change to steal and stuff in their pockets. Isn’t it outrageous that while doctors’ allowances are needlessly delayed and we are told that the country is broke our retiring politicians are demanding hefty ex-gratia (gifts) which we all know they haven’t worked for and, therefore, do not deserve?
When I see our leaders enriching themselves on one hand and turn the other way to see doctors crying for improved service conditions, I find it pretty hard to criticise our medical professionals for failing to live up to the oath they have sworn to save human lives. They took the Hippocratic Oath as a means to an end which goes beyond just saving the lives of others; they owe it to themselves to save their own lives by making sure that they make a living (earn enough to pay their bills). When I fall ill and go to any of our decrepit hospitals, I’d rather be treated by a well-fed doctor than by a hungry one whose mind is easily set wandering, thinking about how he’s going to pay his bills.
I therefore don’t buy into the idea that the doctors are being unreasonable with their strikes. If you are looking for people who are failing to reason, check out the government agencies where there are bureaucrats and politicians, whose selfishness, greed and sheer incompetence makes it almost impossible for the doctors to get what they deserve. They are the ones we should direct the full force of our anger at – not the doctors.
Whiles at it, could someone please tell the health minister, George Sipa-Yankey to cut the crap and focus on resolving the crisis? His suggestion that the strike at Komfo Anokye is politically-motivated is ludicrous.
“I want to ask why is it that when this issue started in 2006 up to 2008 – two whole years – why didn’t they go on strike?” he asks and adds: “President Mills comes to power and within four months they go on strike.”
With words like these, Sipa-Yankey wants us to believe that the political opposition instigated this strike to make the Mills administration look bad. I don’t know where he got this ridiculous notion from but it could be borne out of the fact that the latest doctors’ strike started at Komfo Anokye, which is located in an NPP stronghold. Is Sipa-Yankey telling us that all the junior doctors at the hospital are NPP supporters or sympathisers?
Such warped reasoning, exposes Sipa-Yankey as a weak-minded man who can easily be pushed to his wits’ end in times of crisis – and this is the first crisis to confront him in office as health minister. If he cannot competently resolve the issue so that there is a win-win situation for us all, the least I expect is for him to shut the hell up and get hell out! He should not make a bad situation worse with silly comments, which will only stoke passions and leave the doctors with no other choice than to take entrenched positions. We the ordinary, long-suffering people who cannot afford medical treatment abroad need them back at work immediately!
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Jamel |
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I sympathize with these junior doctors but they also take the lives of the masses into consideration.Please we need your services.
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basakin |
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Ato,well said but too harsh on the new minister.
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nana-labone |
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A good write up
Ato yes I also heard the minister making those childish statements on air.
As said the last time the current administration wasnt prepared to handle the affairs of the nation.It was that people were fed up with the NPP's arrogance and all that.
They should be prepared for more are yet to surface.
Workers had and continue to suffer for no crime commited whiles politicians and their cronies continue to enjoy.
What an unfair system
God save us !
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Afua |
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I think the doctors are right to go on strike. However, we shouldn't forget that it's only Junior doctors who are on strike so that means there are also Senior doctors around. How do you expect the doctors to live? Or just because they are doctors they should also have the magic to provide food and clothing for themselves and their families? They work really hard........ Long hours with very little or no equipment whatsoever so when they want their salaries i believe it should be paid on time. We should stop chasing cars and rather deal with the doctors and other health workers giving them what is due.
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GHOST |
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Ato I really admire your writing intellect but my brother as for this one, you have goofed big time. What you have put out today does not show you really understand the development on the medical front and as for Sipa-Yankey, the man you describe as a weak mind,hmm!!!
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Chris |
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Ato when it`s time to rule the country we will make sure that evebody pays for the wrong thing he or she has done. We will really make change come to Ghana.
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I think the junior doctors did not handle their case well if what I heard the chief executive of Konfo Anokye hospital said on Joy fm today true. Juniors doctors had an agreement with the hospital authorities for their outstanding allowance to be paid by the end of June 30th and the negotiation of salary is not their business but that of Ghana Medical Association so they cannot decide to go on strike whiles the GMA negotiates with the government. Yes it is true that our politician are living at our expense but as people we must try and pass through the right means of addressing our grievances.If you agreed to payment by 3oth June and you turned around to go on strike by 1st May, Ato, is a clear show of bad faith to the chief executive.
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somebody |
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i don't care whether the doctors' strike is politically motivated or not! i don't even understand how some of these words are used (or abused rather!). Does it matter? what would it matter if truly all the doctors here could be proven to be NPP? what will that matter? ..........the minister must quickly understand his mandate of being there for everybody including political party card holders! let the Doctors express their worries and let the minister do his job.
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GHOST |
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Ato, do you listen to the Supar Morning Show after the News Paper Review? B'cos your post lacks some ingredients especially the essential ones. I suggest you put together what Yaw Nsiah-Asare (leader of the other 15 Dr. who are not participating in the strike action) and that by the CEO of KATH and if you like anything said by Sarfo Katanka (leader of the striking Drs) has said so far since he refused to answer his phone today and just maybe you might find some wisdom in why this particular strike action is whimsical and capricious". Please come again.
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JOE TEE |
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You started well but messed up in the concluding part. Are you aware some Junior Doctors at KATH have resumed work and others have not? They did that because they say the money has hit their accounts. What do u say abt the doctor on strike who took his sick father to KATH for his colleagues doctors on duty to opearate on him? Has'nt he a sense of shame? Now, the good conditions outside the shores of Ghana were created by the citizens of those countries. They started just like us. Did you really mean what you said about the minister? He only questioned the rational behind the strike when his ministry and authorities at KATH were unaware of the impending strike. He quickly flew there, made an appeal and impressed upon the authorities to immediadely make payments. As we speak the monies have been paid. I THINK YOU ENJOY RUNNING PEOPLE DOWN WITH INSULTS, YET YOU THINK EVERY PERSON MUST BE PERFECT. When given a platform with others, are you sure you can debate cogently on your toes?
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naadza mills |
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why must the government wait for the doctors to strike before they decide to sign their cheques. it's unfortunate that the doctors have to take this entrenched position because when they do lives are lost. it seems however that the only language our government understands is strike so they'll always get it until they learn to do things professionally. I believe the members of the transition team have already received their allowances without any delay so why should we pile up the allowances of doctors for months before paying them. what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
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ken |
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Ato, I am concerned very much about the plight of the junior doctors but if this is polically motivated by the NPP then the NPP might be the biggest fool to instigate doctors to go on strike in their stronghold (Kumasi) so that potential eligible voters will die before 2012 elections. Politically, NPP should rather advise the junior doctors to stop the strike so that their potential voters do not die before 2012 or else... NPP should not be happy about the strike (which I suspect they do). The junior doctors have been sacrificing a lot but they should also consider the Labour Law since we cannot live in the society if every group of professionals especially Bankers emabark on strike, where will they cash their paycheques even if it is given them.
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Mac |
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Nice piece ato, but i think u are also warped when you took the minister on. come to think of it, why wait for almost 3 yrs and suddenly go on strike over unpaid allowances. concerning the salaries, my understanding is that the gma is handling that issue with the government, so why go on strike over something that is still on the table. is the government dragging its feet over the salaries. when the single spine salary structure was about to be out-doored it was the doctors who complanined abouts its implementation and hence the review so why the strike. yes, lets attack the politicians for the kind of greed they are exhibiting but they doctors should reconsider their position and allow their seniors to re-negotiate their salaries with the government.
nb: ato, i thought you are one of the people complaining of seizure of cars and toilets? if none of the ex-appointees and the ex-appointer did not take what doesn't belong to them nobody would have gone to town with that info.
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Somebody (JWB), NY |
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Ato I believe our government is the enemy of the state. Some of their ill actions and inactions I think are deliberate. The braindrain will continue unabated. Me, I left just at the brink of graduating from the university because I knew that if I stayed and completed, I will have to endure all this s[edit] and I am not prepared to go join long que for visa again. This is one of the best decisions I have taken in my life. God save Ghana...God Bless The United States of America.
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Citizen of the World, NY |
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Ato I believe we are all citizens of the world. Why confine yourself to a place if conditions are not favorable? Ask Arthur Kennedy if am not telling the truth. LOL. (Ato u self with your qualification as GMIR (Ghana's Most Irreverent Journalist) u go fit make more money if u join the wagon. You are also a Citizen of the World. Dnt u know?
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Osabutey ANNY |
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what kind of country is this, ato? A nation of 52 years and still running a very ugly health system. Politicians think they should be given more money and yet when other workers demand even a pittance of what they get, they run for cover. Ghana is all about ex-gratia for political lunatics while the most essential services of the country like health and others crawl on their heels.
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Mac |
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Re-Afua,
As for the cars, they will be chased so long as they are illegally arquired. I am yet to hear a trotro driver complaining of his car being seized.
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Bubu |
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AMEN!! (I am hugely biased in this issue since I want to become a doctor in Ghana myself!) I agree with EVERYTHING you've said, and As for that Sipa Yankey, I want to beat some sense into him. But thank you! for seeing the other side of the issue!
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nathaniel nii ekue |
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Ato i strongly agree with you that the services of this special breed doctors are crucially needed and also think it's a hard time our politicians stop politicizing serious issues such as this.......well done ato
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Nobody, NY |
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Ghana kraa we de talk talk too much. Doctors are on strike. The Masses are blaming the doctors for being selfish. Ato is helping the doctors to blame the government. The government is also blaming the opposition party for instigating the doctors. I hope nobody blames God for throwing mankind out of the Garden of Eden. Can we come together and think as one people for just once for the sake of national development? I doubt.
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Nana Owusu,London |
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Hey Ato,
You have said it all,These monies the Doctors are asking for is not too much, compare to what the greedy politicians has stock out side in over seas accounts, we know but have no prove.They deserve the monies and if the minister has no solutions to the problem he shouldn't swerve it.We are all keeping our fingers crossed for a better Mother Ghana.
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Sule,Kumasi |
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Ato,Dr.Sipa-Yankey's comment is the bitter truth whether you like it or not. Come to think about it;their allowance arrears started as far back as 2006 and yet they never embark or threaten to embark on strike!Why didn't they go on strike in 2006,2007,and 2008? Even the Health Minister's assurance will not soften their stand. Check very well, workers in Ashanti Region are noted for going on strike at least opportunities during NDC regimes.And they are reluctant when NPP is in power. When NAGRAT went on strike in 2006,teachers in Ashanti Region boycotted it even though the action was meant to improve the conditions of all teachers. This attitude should be condemned in no uncertain terms. The doctors should know that the state has spent a lot(taxpayers money)to train them without which some of them couldn't afford the money to train themselves. They should know that thousands of qualified Ghanaians are denied the chance to be trained as doctors because of limited state resources. The condition of doctors in the country is not that desperate,they are among the highest paid. All workers envy them.For me,the doctors should be striking over obsolete equipments and not over salaries because their pay is an envy of all workers in Ghana
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Kay |
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you hit the nail right on the head of the minister. Ghana is not a playground where people attain ministerial position for work experience. we rather need experience politicians and dedicated ones who know their left from right to stear the affairs of the nation. Not these 2 by 4 ministers who come to attain work experience and blame everything to the opposition.
Ato, I'm still yet to fathom why mills appointed the likes of zita and the radio gold morons. I still seriously don't understand
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Ato nice piece but there are few issues.Actually those doctors who go out for greener pastures do not always get it.At least in the US most of them end up here and have to go through rigorous residency programmes so expensive they cannot afford and they are treated like any other professional in the hospital(nurse ,pharmasist etc).They take up loans and the interest rates are not cheap.You see some pack and back home.Infact some are better off home.Plus nobody treats them like gods in the US.You are a doctor so what.Let the doctors be professionals and focus on giving good care and attracting other renowed doctors so they learn trust me the money and equipment will follow.They should leave administration and areas they know nothing about to proffessionals.As for the government if only the money from korlebu is left at korlebu and the hospitil appionts proffessionals to manage the hospital and grow the hospital you will be amazed at the tranformation.My point is the doctors benefit from the way things are done they cut corners and charge extra for things without receipt and the complain.Please let the facts be told.A junior doctor feels better than any professional.Be on admission in korlebu and you regret not going to medschool but they come to the bank and expect excellent service.It is time to respect the cleaner as well as the doctor then our hospitals can be run by adminstrators who know how to run businesses and make profit and pay the doctors well.My point is proper division of labour and respect for all in Ghana will be beginning of solving the problem.
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CHARLES |
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Ato, you hit the nail right on the head, like 'pioneer nails'. You see, I like to read your articles just because you call a spade a spade! I admire the way you see things so much so that, I believe, people in responsible positions would do a much better job if we had two of your kind for the whole country. You are as unique as your thinking. I could not agree with you more on the nonsense the minister spewed out!
I don't care how some people think you put it but please tell those same people to go tell the minister that if he can't stand the heat, he should get out of the kitchen!
He was hired to do a job. He should stand up to the challenge or get lost and give someone else a chance. Too much of the same crap we have been seeing.
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Ato, if the media can go to University of Ghana and ask the students reading medicine, less than 50% of them really make it to that point without paing money. Ato, believe me to be, it is not a small amount of money. If student have to pay so much money to get through, it simply means that they will want to get those monies back by what ever means."trained the child the way he or she should grow and he or she will not depart from it." Ato, if you people in the meda can go through all the Universities in Ghana to bring out some of these things, I am very sure it will help all of us.My girl friend was in Winneba and when she told want of the lectures that she was marriage, the lecture told her that it is the marriage women that he enjoy. Ato, tell me what type of student are we bringing out from our universities. I dont know how long this case has been, but I think that for any Doctor to lay down his or her tools it should be the last thing.
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I believe that the doctor's are right. It is alright to give these fat cat politions cars etc etc, but our doctor's (who deserve more than they do, get the short end of the stick. Ghanaians have to fight for a better, government, because no-one will fight for us. If it is a strike they (the government) want, in order for them to pay the doctors, teacher's etc their dues, then so be it. If we do not put our foot down, our governments will never improve. I say go for it. The government officials will be forced to put the money in the pockets of those who have deserved it than build houses and stuff their own pockets. More strikes! if we want a better government.
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CHARLES |
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Sule of Kumasi, we don't give a rat ass about the timing of the doctors' strike. It has been a problem and somone needs to tackle it. Why should it not be the current minister and the current administration for that matter?
Have you and the minister forgotten why it's no longer an NPP minister of health?
As I said before, the minister was hired to do a better job not to point accusing fingers! That's easy. We all can do that. Thank you very much.
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Kwame |
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I think your comments about the Minister are very unfortunate. He really raised genuine questions, and you may disagree with him but to insult him is just too bad!
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Anderson, Nima |
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Ato, I'm not surprised. NDC is back. The same gov't that brought us countless Lecturer, Doctor Strikes is back. NDC and Atta Mills must understand that capatalism thrives on confidence. If any person or group doesn't feel confident that something would work in their favour therein lies a major problem. I'm sure the Doctors don't see that confidence in the system anymore.
And the same man who said he'll stay here to solve our problems in now in London. SOME CHANGE WE HAVE.
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Yuko Puccini |
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Ato, these doctors are very selfish and self-centred, to say the least.. are they the only underpaid workers in Ghana? They were able to go attend medical school because various governments(from CPP to NDC to NPP) provided educational subsidies. Getting a medical degree is very expensive. This is highly unpatriotic! Money is not everything!
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Kwesi |
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u are a very stupid boy. U think someone shouldn't make silly comments. but u have the audacity to right stupid things about others.
Very stupid boy!
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KB |
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The minister never made mention of NPP. Tell us where he said that. I thought u r intelligent enough. And by the way, the situation where if u insult say awuni today, tomorrow it must be an NPP person shuld stop. It is as if u are writing to please ur readers and tereby playing to the gallery as someone said. Please be urself and write. and i thought u have moved away from ur foul languages
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Ato, I think i am on your side as regards the way these doctors are been treated. See my only concern is that doctors arent the only breed of workers who are suffering. We all know the kind of sacrifices they have to go through before completing medical school and they should quickly be reminded the kind of sacrifices we as tax payers go through to make sure they are educated. Ato i guess you should have addressed their renumeration relative to all others in public service. We all (except our politicians)making a whole lot of sacrifices to make sure that our country survive and so if any group of workers want the 'elephant" share of the national cake, then its only natural that we resist with everything we have. Ato, as you outlined the sacrifice your doctor friend had to make, it was only fair you compared her situation with a teacher friend of yours, that is if you have any. Teachers, i guess dont have a lot of friends due largely to poverty. All sectors cannot be paid equally, but to single one out, highlight the problems they face and cry out that they should be listened to is just unfortunate. I've heard people talk about the fact that these doctors sacrifice by refusing to go out for greener pastures, Ato, do you know of any doctor who's had this opportunity and has refused it? Ato, if i could earn a quarter of what i earn now in Ghana, i would just pack bag and baggage and book the next available flight back home. There are Ghanaian and infact many foreign trained doctors here in Canada who cant even find jobs as physician assistants because they cant find a residency position here. Ato,i am challlenging you to investigate this if you have any doubts. Its very difficult if not impossible for most foreign trained physicians to practice here in north America so lets not create an impression that the west are baiting our doctors. As Ghanaians we need to take a wholistic look at public sector wages and as for our politicians, what can we do about them? When the JAK said that the ex-gratia is a token for people who have served the nation for four long years, I realised what to do- never trust a politician, especially the so called 'already-made-it'. They are the real enemies of our nation. God bless Ghana, and may He rid us of such greedy politicians
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Omanbapa Kwabena |
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The ecomony is very bad, the cibidens are suffering but these doctors want to live in extragavanza.
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Unbiased Observer |
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Doctors do not get paid, but the ex-president and his administration, whose negligence of duty has precipitated the present situation, think they deserve homes and cars as end-of-service benefits. Let the doctors be paid what the have earned, and a review of their conditions of service be undertaken without any delay. It may be true that doctors are not the only under-paid professionals in Ghana, but if other professions feel similarly aggrieved, they too are free to take any action they deem necessary, within the limits of the law. Such is the practice of democracy.
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Nana Yaa |
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Good point, Anderson. NDC is BACK!!!!! We're all waking up to the harsh realities of our mistake to elect an unprepared bunch into office.
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Kofi Manyah |
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I also agree with Anderson. NDC has nothing good to offer.
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Anderson, Nima |
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Unbiased Observer, I think you're even more biased than anything. Under the old administration Doctors were all confident that their conditions will improve that's why they didn't go on strike. Under this new gov't they don't see that anymore. SIMPLE!!!
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Unbiased Observer |
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@ 39 Anderson, the point is that if the "old administration" had ensured that the Doctors were paid what they had earned, this strike action would very likely have been prevented. I am not absolving the Mills administration of blame entirely, but I think the lion's share goes to the Kufuor administration. Whether you agree with my view or not, I am sticking with it.
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I am surprised that the government of the day is saying that it will spend 50,000 per each bungalow for renovation for all government appointees who are going to occupy these bungalows and the question I ask is that is it a priority to renovates these bungalows than the services provided the nation by these doctors furthermore on the action of renovating the bungalows will it benefit the people of Ghana as a whole or is it just for a selected few. I think old NDC or new NDC (new cedi or old cedi) the value is the same. I believe from this early stage Ghanaians are witnessing what is to come and we have been deceived by the NDC. Stop chasing cars and bungalows and concentrate on solving the issues of arm robberies, high unemployment, economy etc.
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Yaovi - London |
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The perennial excuse of health professionals going on strike can only be resolved through a series on interlinked agencies which should plan ahead their budgetary allocations. Without that, this issue would go on unabated! The monetary and policy planning dept of the MOH and Accountant General should bear the blame in such cases as they are responsible for allocation of funds but not inidividual workers who should spent time at post rather be asked to go chasing what is due them. I used to work at KBu and it's a torture if you needed sth to be done abotu your salary as those responsible would renege on it or expect you to pay them in return. I shd write more but no time now, so Ato pls direct your attention on those responsible pls.
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Anderson, Nima |
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@ 40. Unbiased Observer: Put 80% of the blame on the new government... and perhaps 20% on the old block.
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Nii Blewu |
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Anderson, i agree with you to some extent. but kufuor should have ended this. i can feel confidence in our economy disappearing. and atta mills who said he'll stay here and solve our problems is nowher to be found
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nii |
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man, you got game! i wish all ghanaians got the nerve to stand up to this crapola by our leaders.
and please can you tell malik kweku baaku that.. he ain't got any credibility left. i don't know why people even allow him on radio to talk. he is one lier beyond believe!.. just saying my mind. good piece tho.
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i NEED SOMEONE TO EDUCATE ME ON WHY PEOPLE USE INSULTING LANGUAGE WHEN MANY BETTER ALTERNATIVES EXIST! IT IS REVOLTING TO BE INSULTING ON SUCH PERSONAL LEVEL. THE USE OF INSULTING LANGUAGE ON THE MINISTER WAS QUITE UNNECESSARY. IT DOES NOT ADD TO YOUR PIECE. IT RATHER TAKES AWAY FROM YOU. STOP IT.
YOU MAKE A SOLID POINT ABOUT THESE GLUTTONOUSLY GREEDY CROWD WE CALL POLITICIANS. IN MY OPINION THAT MAY HAVE BROKEN THE CAMEL'S BACK AND NOT ANY INSTIGATION BY ANOTHER PARTY. AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF THE IMPACT OF THIS END OF SERVICE PALAVA
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Ato @2 Your choice of words like "ludicrous", "silly comments" etc made u too harsh on the man.
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@46.KOFI BEDU, tell me which you would prefer? a suicide bomber, an assasin or one who just lets steam off with insults? in any case can you quantify the emotional hurt that our leaders inflict on us??? choose!
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Do they care about the health system?Oguaa Kofi will go to South Africa,UK,or US to treat his eye,and hanaians pay for that.How are they gonna get 500000 Ghana cedis each for the renovation of state bungalows for new minister?this can only happen in an animal kingdom where lower class animals like Oguaa kofi will be rulling.
Politically instigated?Probably true because Opuni,acting FDA boss who accompanied the minister to Kumasi,was doing same at KATH when in opposition.NDC people are good at inciting strikes and so they know it.Did I hear ampofo say strikes are unnecessary?Lower grade animal.Is this same sipa yankey who was jailed for causing financial loss to the state?Is oguaa kofi working with senior thieves or junior thieves?
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Ato, untill we stop politising every problem that come our way as a nation, we shall remain stagnant and stinking as the Korle lagoon.
U hit the nail right on the head, keep the fire burning.
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what does the country get in return for paying for their school and giving them allowances for 7 years.....i believe they work hard but really who does not... i think that we should give them what they need to work ...better hospital environment and not necessarily their salary. i think they should be paid by the hour and they should be made to clock in(including the nurses)so that pple are paid according how many patients they see ... how many surgeries they perform and they should be made to have a portfolio of patients that they take care of...etc...they always ask for money..nothing wrong with that but i expect them to ask for offices...and the things they use to work....and go on strike for those things...so that we all benefit from those improvements....i also think that if the government should loan them their cost of education and pay them well so they pay back...its hand go hand come....we cannot live without doctors and we cannot live without banks and teachers etc....if all those people went on strike in a cash driven economy...people will still die.
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pls tell me:what brand of wee do you smoke?
Good Writeup, i agree with some of the issues you raised.
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pls tell me:what brand of wee do you smoke?
Good Writeup, i agree with some of the issues you raised.
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That was a nice write up. Ato, do you know and if not could you please check for me if there has ever been delayed payment to the President, Vice President, Ministers, and MPs, be it per diem, salary, and what nots?
I don't understand why there should always be delayed payment of salaries to our hardworking and sacrificing workers. I just don't get it.
God Bless our homeland Ghana!
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Ato,
You got it right this time too.
Keep it up!
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Mee Too(@53) or whatever you call yourself dont be stupid ok we need serious minded people on de blog.
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Ato, the standard of living of the Ghanaian needs to go up as well as productivity. Doctors seem to have the advantage of being able to catch the eye of Government. The NDC did a deservice to Ghana by giving the doctors Extra Working Allowance as this was abused and as Senior Public Servants, this was an anormaly. It is time to review all salaries even better than what Kuffour was doing: and correspondingly increase productivity and do away with mediocrity at the workplace.If a worker needs to feed his family and meet his commitments then he must be given the right salary and the right level of productivity demanded.The revamping of the Department of National Lotteries and outlawing those `private operators`will go a long way in meeting this demand.So I call on all workers and infact all Ghanaians to strike when these `private operators`are allowed to operate. `Money does not grow on trees`. This is how the NDC short changes Ghanaians all the time.
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In a country where everyone thinks he is smart `we pretend to pay and workers pretend to work`as elegant Kuffour says. It will be very difficult under such rip-off Government as the NDC.
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Tell the honourable minister to tackle the issue at stake and stop shifting the problem onto the past administration.Ghanaians said NPPwere not good that is why they voted them out and they brought u guys in to do good jobs for them why mentioning names if there is something to do. Resign if u can,t.Ato keep it up nice write up,bcos they can come to the states for medical treatments so they dont care abt. who cannot afford it.Tell the minister that no position is forever.God bless our beloved country GHANA see ya.
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I support the doctors 100%. I was really sadden to find out doctors receive as little as GHC620 as take home. Gosh! This is outrageous! Somebody like me who did only four years at uni with a lower is making GHC1500 a month. A doctor who saves precious lifes, stayed in school almost 7yrs with no social life and also a shark is earning that little money. It's not fair at allllllllll.
When I hear people like you, Ato and Kwadwo Oppong insult doctors on radio I feel like walking to the studio and smashing your heads together!!!
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this doctors should know that everybody is suffering so they should hold this country to ransom.it is better to continue to talk than making those threats.suddenly some of have found their voices and can issue threats.threats will only make mr. government take ad hoc decisions to their deterement
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29% |
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22% |
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49% |
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