Ghana: Information on the number of patients who died at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital during a May to June 1992 strike action, which was attributable to nurses' withdrawals
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA19809.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information on the number of patients who died at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital during a May to June 1992 strike action, which was attributable to nurses' withdrawals, 1 February 1995, GHA19809.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abac88.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subject is currently unavailable among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for general information on the effects of the nurses' strike at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and at other Ghanaian hospitals, please refer to the attachments.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 22 May 1992. "Ghana Nurses on Strike." (NEXIS)
Ghanaian Times [Accra]. 25 June 1992. Charles Neequaye. "Nurses Drive 'Times' Man Out of Press Conference," p. 1.
_____. 20 June 1992. "Enrolled Nurses Asked to Resume Work," p. 1.
_____. 17 June 1992. "House of Chiefs Appeal to Nurses," p. 1.
_____. 16 June 1992. "3 Bodies Express Concern about Nurses Strike," p. 1.
_____. 13 June 1992. "Nurses Strike Causes Continuous Suffering," p. 1.
West Africa [London]. 6-12 July 1992. "Ghana: Government Call on Nurses to Return ," p. 1141.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford]. Monthly.
DIRB Country file Ghana.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR).
On-line searches of news articles.
