General News of Saturday, 11 March 2017

Source: 3news.com

Health Minister orders reinstatement of Korle Bu’s Offei-Palm

Dr Offei-Palm was interdicted last year for bringing the name of the Hospital into disrepute Dr Offei-Palm was interdicted last year for bringing the name of the Hospital into disrepute

Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang Manu has ordered management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to reinstate, with immediate effect, Dr Charles Offei-Palm, the President of the Korle Bu Senior Staff Association (KOSSA).

Dr Offei-Palm was interdicted last year for bringing the name of the Hospital into disrepute, following an interview on an Accra-based radio station. His interdiction did not go down well with members of KOSSA, whose demonstration did not get management to rescind its decision.

Not even a court ruling last week could get management to budge an inch. But on Friday, 3FM’s Sarah Parku reports, Mr Agyemang Manu intervened and ordered Dr Offei-Palm to be reinstated with immediate effect. As per his interdiction, Dr Offei-Palm has had his salary halved while he has forfeited allowances, as punishment.