The Ministry of Health has removed  Dr. Thomas Anaba as the Medical Director of the newly refurbished Greater Accra Regional Hospital [Ridge Hospital] and consequently asked him to go back to the University of Development Studies (UDS) in  Tamale, his original place of work before taking up the new post at Ridge.

But  Dr. Anaba thinks that his removal is not appropriate and has taken issues with it.

He argues he went through a competitive tender to secure his new appointment and cannot be transferred back to UDS since the conditions of service there is not same as that of the Ghana Health Service.

“If he [Minister] is able to arrange with UDS for same conditions of service, a vehicle for work, two security people in my house, fully furnished accommodation for me to move, to go and be a regional medical director of a regional hospital, then I don’t have a problem, but he didn’t do that, he says I should move with immediate effect, I didn’t come on secondment,”  Dr. Anaba said in a radio interview on  Accra based Okay FM Thursday morning.     

He has subsequently written to the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu to rescind his decision.

He explained that the letter removing him dated May 10, 2017 which came from the Minister of Health had no reference number and his name was spelt wrongly as well.

“Dear  Dr. Anaba, following the planned restructuring of the Greater  Accra Regional Hospital, you are by this letter relieved to your original place of work, University of Development Studies,  Tamale. Kindly prepare to handover to a newly appointed Director soon.”

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