{{Former UN boss Kofi Annan has called for immediate end to the ongoing strike by members of the Ghana Medical Association.}} <\/p>\n
Kofi Annan is asking all parties who have roles to play in finding a solution to the strike to do so quickly to end the stalemate. <\/p>\n
The former UN Secretary General was speaking to media after paying a courtesy call on President John Mahama at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n
It is the first time he is meeting with the President after his investiture in January.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, new reports indicate that authorities of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have been forced to shut down the Children\u2019s Out Patient Department two days into the doctor\u2019s intensified strike. <\/p>\n
Doctors have stayed away from the public hospitals in protest over government\u2019s failure to address their welfare concerns. <\/p>\n
By Press time the Surgical Medical Emergency unit earlier Tuesday, the doctors were not at post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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