Members of the
Ghana Physician Assistants Association have threatened to embark on a series of
industrial actions to register their displeasure towards a proposed legislation
that they fear will disempower their members.
The decision
according to the group follows an intercepted document on a proposed amendment
of Act 857 under the health professionals bodies act by the Ghana Medical and
Dental Council which they say will subject the profession of Physician
Assistants to the direction and supervision of a Medical Doctor.
The Ghana
Physician Assistants Association is among other things demanding its removal
from the cadres under the Ghana Medical and Dental Council citing a sabotage of
their profession by the latter.
Speaking
to Citi News at a press conference in Accra, the Eastern Regional
Chairman of the association, Appiagyei Buabeng, noted the dire consequences of
their intended strike on healthcare delivery, especially in rural areas.
He further
called on relevant authorities to heed to their concerns before Monday, July
24, 2023.
“We as physician
assistants practice under Act 857, Health Professionals Regulatory Bodies Act
under the GMDC. And if you read the act very well, Section 43 talks about the
rights conferred on registration. So once you are registered by the council as
a practitioner, there are things you can do. But we just got the information
that the GMDC is trying to sneak an amendment to that portion of the bill to
Parliament for onward passage into law. That is what we are dissatisfied about.
We have been able to intercept the document.”
“So we want that
particular bill, wherever it has gotten to, to be withdrawn. And then we are
also seeking, we have always stated that we don’t want to belong to the GMDC
because they have not been faithful to us as they have done to other traders
under their regulation,” he stated.
SOURCE: CITINEWSROOM.COM
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