600 junior nurses strike at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
600 junior nurses strike at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital About 600 junior nurses of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) are on strike over unpaid salaries and other allowances close to a year. The nurses with their red band tied to their wrist, hair, door knob and other places to signify anger and seriousness marched through the length and breadth of the hospital to register their displeasures. According to them, they have explored every available channel to resolve the problem with the hospital authorities but all proved futile. The nurses, exclaimed they are not resuming to their duty post until all arrears is settled. One of the protestors lamented “we want them to come to an understanding with us and sign a memorandum of understanding as to when they are going to pay us”. Another protester bemoaned that they are tired and fed up of working for 21-month without a salary. “In fact the junior nurses do most of the work in Korle Bu than the seni...