The Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Abukari II, has taken steps to help resolve the ongoing doctors’ strike at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) by dispatching a high-level delegation to mediate between the hospital's management and its striking medical staff.
The delegation, headed by Zangbalun Naa Dr. Yakubu II, Chief of the Zangbalun Traditional Area, met with both hospital authorities and representatives of the Doctors Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) to encourage dialogue and calm tensions.
In a message delivered through the delegation, the Yaa Naa acknowledged the doctors’ service and sacrifices but urged them to resume critical care while efforts were made to resolve their concerns.
“As a neutral facilitator, will convey your concerns to the minister and engage him to take the necessary steps to address your grievances. We implore you to consider the lives and hang in the balance.
“We urge you in the interim to find a way to ensure the continuity of emergency service. We’re willing to facilitate a meeting with your representatives and the minister to discuss the way forward.”
Speaking on behalf of the Acting CEO of TTH on Friday, April 25, Dr. Salifu Alhassan Tiah, Director of Pharmacy, welcomed the Yaa Naa’s involvement, describing it as timely and meaningful.
“I want to appeal to colleagues that, as we are here, if there is any difficulty with our subsistence here, the ultimate place we will go to is his royal Highness, and if he is here, we have nothing to do than to accord this delegation the highest of respect, so we plead that we should all do well to take to heart the word they have for us,” he appealed.
The hospital has been grappling with limited services since doctors launched an indefinite suspension of emergency and outpatient care on April 24. The move followed what DATTH described as “unwarranted attacks” by Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini.
The decision to withdraw services was reached during an emergency meeting on April 23, just a day after a heated confrontation between the minister and hospital staff during a visit to the Accident and Emergency Unit.
As the strike enters its second day, many patients remain stranded, heightening calls for a swift resolution.
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