Tamale Central Hospital sacks 100 casual workers in the wake of coronavirus pandemic

The Tamale Central Hospital in the Northern Region has sacked some 100 casual workers of the hospital for an alleged attempt to sabotage the hospital’s administration.

The affected staff included cleaners, record attendants and ward assistants.

The sacked workers have demanded the removal of the hospital’s medical superintendent and administrator, over what they claimed are clear grounds of negligence on the part of the hospital’s authorities.

But the hospital management’s decision has not gone down well with workers of the hospital, who are convinced that the ‘duo’ sacked them because they had met to deliberate on matters arising in the hospital.

The workers accused the duo of collapsing the hospital and thus drastically reduced the hospital’s clientele due to their negligence and mismanagement.

Addressing the media at the hospital where they presented a petition, Leader of the group, Fuseini Mohammed Mutala argued that “Since this management came into office, the medical superintendent and the administrator, we have not seen any kind of improvement or whatsoever in the hospital.

“The hospital has deteriorated to the extent that nurses have no gloves to wear and they have been forced to leave the hospital. With regards to infrastructure, nothing is working,” he stressed.

He further said, “The hospital is going through a crisis. If you look at all the walls, there are cracks everywhere. There are no medical supplies coming in.”

Management of the hospital, in a Joynews interview monitored by theghanareport.com, has explained that the hospital on a daily basis would have between 200 to 300 patients waiting. However, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the number of patients had reduced.

The Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Mahamadu Mbiniwaya, said the reduction in patients had forced the hospital to reduce the number of workers as well.

He, however, gave the assurance that the opportunity to reapply would be made available for the said workers to reapply after the coronavirus crisis was over.