Labour consultant supports medical fitness standards for security service recruitment  

Mr Gamey’s comments add to the ongoing national debate following the disclosure of HIV-related screening results from the recent security recruitment exercise, with public health experts, legal practitioners and labour stakeholders expressing differing views on medical confidentiality, non-discrimination and medical fitness requirements for public service employment.

Mr Austin Gamey, a Labour Consultant, has argued that medical fitness requirements for recruitment into Ghana’s security services should be guided by the physical demands of the profession and the long-term operational interests of the State.

Mr Gamey said security personnel were routinely required to undertake physically demanding assignments, emergency operations and disaster response duties, making medical fitness an important consideration in recruitment decisions.