Correspondence from Eastern Region Physician Assistants (PAs) have been deployed to handle the outpatient department (OPD) of the Atua Government Hospital in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal in the Eastern Region as a stop-gap measure to mitigate the impact of the ongoing nationwide strike by nurses and midwives.
The measure is to ensure that healthcare delivery at the facility is not unnecessarily disrupted over the industrial action, which has severely impacted healthcare services across the country since the GRNMA began its strike on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, leaving patients stranded and medical facilities struggling to cope.
The nurses and midwives initiated the strike over what they describe as prolonged delays in the implementation of their 2024 Collective Agreement, which addresses critical conditions of service and remuneration.
GhanaWeb, upon a visit to the facility on Thursday, observed the PAs attending to patients who visited the hospital for medical care.
