By Yussif Ibrahim
Kumasi, June 7, GNA — The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) branch, has served notice of an impending industrial action in solidarity with the Komfo Anokye Doctors Association (KADA) and other health worker organisations at the hospital.
In a letter dated June 6, 2026 and addressed to the Chairman of the Board of KATH, the association stated that nurses and midwives at the hospital would join the ongoing strike effective 0800 hours on Sunday, June 7, 2026, if the Minister of Health’s directive suspending the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo was not reversed.
The association described the two-week suspension of the CEO as “unnecessary,” arguing that it was “definitely not the solution to the enormous pressure, infrastructural challenges, congestion, inadequate logistics, and resource constraints confronting the hospital on a daily basis.”
The GRNMA further stated that patient safety, quality healthcare delivery and the protection of patients could not be achieved through the suspension of the CEO, and that health professionals were working under “extremely difficult conditions” which such action could not address.
The association noted that KATH, as one of the largest referral and teaching hospitals in Ghana and the sub-region, continued to receive overwhelming patient referrals from several regions across the country, while existing infrastructure, equipment, logistics and supplies had not kept pace with increasing healthcare demands.
The GRNMA called on the Ministry of Health to expedite the operationalisation of long-awaited health facilities intended to decongest KATH and appealed for urgent retooling of the hospital and its referral facilities, including infrastructural expansion and adequate resource allocation to make KATH a true Centre of Excellence comparable to internationally recognised tertiary hospitals.
The association also demanded the immediate withdrawal of the CEO’s suspension and his empowerment to manage the hospital, particularly in safeguarding the physical and mental health of health professionals at the emergency department.
“We hope that the Board of KATH will take the necessary steps to ensure peace and harmony in the hospital and avert any wide-scale industrial action that will gravely affect the delivery of health services in the hospital,” the letter stated.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter: Yussif Ibrahim