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More than one hundred members of the
Korle-Bu Senior Staffs Association (KOSSA) angrily stormed the office of
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Gilbert Buckle, yesterday
morning to register their protest against the interdiction of Mr Charles
Offei Palm, president of KOSSA.
The
protest was aimed at piling pressure on the CEO of Ghana’s Premier
hospital to rescind an earlier decision of interdicting the president of
KOSSA Charles Offei Palm.
The KOSSA members stormed the CEO’s
office wearing red bands and placards threatening to bring official
duties to a halt should the CEO fail to withdraw the interdiction of
their president. They claim it’s an embarrassing to them and
In a
petition presented to a management member of the hospital, the members
of KOSSA expressed dismay over what they described as an unfortunate
action by the CEO, adding that their president was only interested in
the growth of the nation’s leading hospital and could therefore not be
interdicted by anybody who wants the best for the hospital.
The
president of the association was interdicted last week by the CEO and
the board of the hospital just for granting interview with an
Accra-based radio station, class 91.3 FM last week without the notice of
the hospital’s authorities.
The CEO and the Board believed that
the KOSSA president breached the rules and regulations of the hospital
which prevented any person from speaking with media concerning issues
related to the hospital .
The petitioners said they were
surprised that the president of the association was not queried to
explain himself before he was interdicted.
“We fin this action
against the president of the association, and for that matter all staff,
as unfortunate, whimsical and capricious attempt to cow the staff,
silence them from demanding accountability and transparency and to foist
the ‘mafia’ a tag that has no meaning to reality” the petition further
hinted.
Speaking with the media after the petition, the general
secretary of KOSSA, James Clifford Oblitey, noted that the president
granted the interview in his capacity as president of the association
and was addressed by the host of the programme as president and
therefore deserves no interdiction by the CEO.
He further hinted
that the president never spoke in his capacity as an employee specialist
pharmacy, but as president of KOSSA since the interview was in relation
to recent matters raised by KOSSA and the current happening in the
hospital.
The Deputy Director of Administration at the Hospital,
Kabani Kambiri, who received the petition on behalf of the CEO and the
board, promised that the letter would be given to authorities for
redress.
He however called on the association to remain calm while authorities seek redress to the situation.
Charles
Offei Palm who spoke with this paper later thanked his members for
their kind gesture and promised to continue with his fight towards the
development of the hospital.
The KOSSA President said he has
contacted his Lawyer to file a court action against his interdiction by
the CEO and board at the hospital within a short time. |
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| Source: New Crusading Guide
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