Member of Parliament for Trobu, Hon Gloria Owusu has condemned attempts by the first Deputy Speaker to silence the Minority over issues happening in the health sector.
According to her, the august house cannot sit aloof while the health care system in the country is failing.
To her, live are being lost and there is the need for some action to ensure that women and children especially are catered for.
Making her position known in a post shared via social media, she said “Our hospitals are in crisis. Nurses and midwives are on strike. Ghanaians are suffering and dying due to the lack of care especially women and children.
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Today, the Minority through our Ranking Member on Health, attempted to raise this urgent issue on the floor of Parliament. Shockingly, the First Deputy Speaker refused to allow it and even ordered the Ranking Member out of the chamber. I vehemently opposed that decision. This is not about politics.
It is about people. About the sick who cannot get treatment. About lives being lost. I did not just stand up for the Minority. I stood up for ordinary Ghanaians especially women and children who need help now. Parliament must not be silent in the face of a healthcare crisis”.
Meanwhile, nurses in Ghana continue to be on strike after several attempts by the government to get them to rescind their decision.
They are agitating for their condition of service to be implemented by the gocvernment, however, Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem has said that if government should hee to their calls, there will be burden on the 2025 budget.
The Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has announced some measures to mitigate the extent of damage caused by the strike action and has pleaded with retired nurses to step in to save the country’s health sector.
