The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed concern about the comments on social media with regards to the Manhyia District Hospital incident which saw one of the junior doctor’s father verbally abusing a nurse.
According to president of the GMA, Dr. Frank Ankobea, people are sharing pictures of the doctor at the center of the incident on social media which he believes could be traumatic to the young doctor.
In an interview, he explained that the doctor started work barely two weeks ago and she is now actually starting her career and needs to be supported rather than subject her to such treatment.
“I am not happy with the way the doctor is being subjected to such an emotional trauma,” Dr. Frank Ankobea, the GMA President, said to Citi News.
“This is a young doctor who started work barely two weeks ago. She is young. She is now actually starting her career and I think we should support her. If we are only looking at what the father has done, we will throw away the baby with the bath water,” he stressed.
“So it is important that all of us be measured in the kind of comments we pass and how we comment on these issues, and remember that somebody’s career is at stake,” Dr. Ankobea cautioned.
His comments come after the Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Scheme, Alex Opoku-Mensah, verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital because of a reported dispute between the nurse and his daughter, who is a junior doctor.
Management of the Manhyia District Hospital hasso far directed both the doctor and the nurse who are involved in the issue to stop work while offering psychological support for them.
The Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Scheme, Alex Opoku-Mensah, has also apologised for his actions while the Scheme has invited him for investigations into his conduct.
