The Secretary General of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, David Tenkorang-Twam, has announced that workers who have immensely contributed to the fight against COVID-19 have not received any compensation.
According to him, an additional 50% supplement to his base salary (per month for a four-month period from March 2020) and other insurance benefits promised by the government have not been met.
In his speech on Sunday, July 10, 2022, he emphasized that “even the 50% of base pay that was considered an advance for the caregivers of our COVID-19 patients, most of them [health workers] Not found,” he said.
On April 5, 2020, President Akufo-Addo announced some incentives for frontline health workers in his address.
These include: “Exemption from paying tax on their wages for a period of three months from April 2020, a daily allowance of Rs 150 (approx. with their base salary and an insured sum of Rs 350,000 (approx. US$60,345) per month for one Period of four months from Rs.
But during the conversation with the host the inspection Emepha Apavu, Dr. Tenkorang-Twam, announced that health care workers’ insurance benefits were also unpaid.
“Most people didn’t get it. I know people who have died and their loved ones were never insured. So you see, we still have a lot to do and if it continues like this, it will not go well for all of us.”
In contributing to the discussion on ‘Cost of Living: Waiting for workers to demand’, she highlighted the plight of workers in her union, saying the current economic hardship is forcing nurses and midwives to look abroad for greener pastures. forces.
He therefore called on the government to cut “loose spending” and use state resources to address the plight of Ghana’s people, particularly the workforce.
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