Nurses and midwives at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have given notice that they will join industrial action from 8:00 a.m. on June 7, 2026 unless the two-week suspension of the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer is immediately withdrawn.

They demanded urgent measures taken to address chronic resource and infrastructure shortfalls.

In a statement issued by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) Chairperson at KATH, Josephine Boatemaa Asmah, the leadership said the suspension ordered by the Minister of Health is “unnecessary” and will not resolve the “enormous pressure, infrastructural challenges, congestion, inadequate logistics, and resource constraints” that staff face daily.

“The protection of patients and quality healthcare delivery cannot be achieved with the suspension of the CEO, health professionals are working under “extremely difficult conditions, removing the CEO will not change that reality,” it stated. 

KATH is one of Ghana’s largest referral and teaching hospitals, serving patients from across the country and the sub-region. GRNMA officials say current infrastructure, equipment and supplies have not kept pace with rising patient referrals, leaving staff unable to provide care to acceptable standards.

The association’s demands are: immediate withdrawal of the CEO’s suspension and restoration of his authority to manage the hospital. Expedited operationalisation of long-planned health facilities to decongest KATH. Urgent retooling, infrastructural expansion, and adequate resource allocation are needed to enable the hospital to function as a centre of excellence.

The notice stressed the association’s commitment to patient safety and improved working conditions for healthcare professionals, while warning that the strike, if carried out, could “gravely affect the delivery of health services” at KATH.

The GRNMA district branch concluded by reiterating that its actions aim to promote quality healthcare delivery, patient safety and better working conditions for health professionals.