The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosah has revealed that he takes a genuine leave and goes to the United Kingdom (UK) to work for some more money.
Akosah, a past president of the Ghana Medical Association, admitted that anytime he takes a leave of duty, he goes to the UK to work and earns not less than ?2000-a week (33 million cedis).
Speaking to PeaceFM, Akosah said that he is compelled to do this because, his pensionable salary, as Director-General, is three point two-five (?3:025) million cedis. He said other allowances computed to this put his salary at close to ?9million.
He said several efforts by the three major groupings in the Ghana Health Service to negotiate with government on their conditions of service are apparently yielding no results. This therefore means that only the patriotic doctors could chose to stay and work in Ghana in spite of their poor working conditions.
Source: GhanaWeb
