Management at the Manhyia Government Hospital has suspended planned surgeries, and the facility’s theatre has also been shut down, following the strike by the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU).
Sources at the facility have indicated, that only emergency surgery cases will be attended to.
Meanwhile, patients visiting the hospital for lab services have been left stranded, as red bands and notices of the strike have been placed at the hospital’s laboratories.
Frustrated and worried about the implications of this development on their health, patients are appealing for swift intervention.