KATH Oncologists Call Off Strike After Meeting With Management [Video]

• Oncologists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital have called off their strike over a faulty radiotherapy machine
• The medical doctors received assurances from the management of the hospital that efforts were being made to solve the problem
• The machine, a linear accelerator system, is used to diagnose and treat cancer in patients

Medical doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s (KATH) Oncology Department have resumed work after going on a strike.

The strike declared on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, was to protest the months-long delay in fixing a linear accelerator system used for radiotherapy services.

The machine, which is used to diagnose and treat cancer patients, broke down in October 2023, and despite doctors’ attempts to get it fixed and operational, their efforts proved futile.

On Tuesday, the doctors abandoned their consulting rooms out of frustration, demanding that the machine be fixed …