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Casual workers and laborers at the Northern Regional Hospital have gone on strike, citing unpaid salaries for five months and ongoing demands for regularization.
The workers on strike, mainly cleaners and data entry personnel, claim they have worked as casual employees for more than 15 years without receiving permanent status.
They claim that hospital management has consistently promised regularization but has not delivered on those commitments.
Talking to the press, several disgruntled employees charged the hospital management with taking advantage of their precarious situation.
They expressed worries regarding their declining health, with some experiencing issues like stroke and vision problems as a result of the demanding nature of their work.
Moreover, they expressed concerns over the absence of protective gears, which puts them at health risks while performing their duties.
In addition to unpaid salaries and employment instability, the workers also lamented the lack of vital cleaning supplies, including detergents and disinfectants.
They stated that even with numerous complaints, management has continually responded with justifications related to lack of finance
Background
The Tamale Teaching Hospital is a regional hospital in Tamale in the Northern region of Ghana. It serves as a referral hospital for the three northern regions of Ghana It cooperates with the University for Development Studies in Northern Ghana to offer undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine, nursing and nutrition. It is the third teaching hospital in Ghana after the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The hospital was established in 1974 and was formerly known as the Tamale Regional Hospital. It was to provide various health care services to the people of the three Northern regions of Ghana namely, the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
In 2005 the Northern Regional Coordinating Council decided to partner the Ghana Health Service to upgrade the hospital to the status of a Teaching Hospital.The upgrade made the hospital the third teaching hospital in the country. The upgrade was to help with the training of health professionals from the University of Development Studies.
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