The ministry of health says it will soon disbursed some GH¢1 billion for the procurement of some needed logistics for the Accra psychiatric hospital.
Nurses at the hospital on Monday declared an indefinite strike, claiming that work at the facility posed serious risk to them
They lamented that the lack of some logistics and materials at the hospital made if difficult for them to operate.
According to the Chairperson of the Nurses, Jamila Hussein, the lack of medication for patients at the facility exposed to dangers such as physical attacks from patients.
Some said they have been forced to personally finance the purchase of needed logistics.
But the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health Tony Goodman has appealed to the striking nurses as the ministry takes steps to deal with the situation
“The finance ministry is releasing some money to us. They've dealt with the human right aspect of it. So moving forward, we are asking them to go back to work while we deal with the issue,” he told Citi News.
He said the ministry has taken steps to acquire some of the logistics the nurses have requested.
“On the things they mentioned, we started providing them. The human resources is one of them. The other things which has to do with commodities, the procurement people are working on it and will get back to us. We are also expecting this GH¢1million from the ministry of Finance, immediately we get it, we will provide some of the medications we believe should be available,” he added.
By Fiifi Abdul Malik @fiifialmaestro on twitter
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