The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) has issued a warning to a group calling itself \u201cPhysician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group\u201d over what it describes as impersonation by the latter.<\/p>\n
According to GACRA, the Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group has been illegitimately presenting itself as the body representing the interests of certified registered anaesthetists in Ghana, thereby misleading the public.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists has therefore issued a legal notice to the Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group to \u201ccease and desist\u201d from holding itself as a representative group for the certified registered anaesthetists.<\/p>\n
In a press statement and accompanying legal notice addressed to the group, GACRA reaffirmed its legal and exclusive mandate to represent certified registered anaesthetists in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The association cited its registration under the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) and its recognition as a union with both a Trade Union Registration Certificate and a Collective Bargaining Certificate under the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).<\/p>\n
\u201cOur attention has been drawn to a group actively impersonating GACRA and misleading the public by purporting to represent Certified Registered Anaesthetists in Ghana,\u201d said the statement signed by James Nwinsagra, the President, and Joshua Annovi Kunfah, Vice Secretary of GACRA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis conduct is not only unlawful and deceptive but also threatens the integrity of professional standards and public sector negotiations,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
GACRA indicates that its checks revealed that the Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group has no legal registration, is not recognised as a trade union, and does not possess a collective bargaining certificate, yet has been posing as representing the interests of GACRA by aligning with the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association.<\/p>\n
The association distanced itself entirely from the group\u2019s activities, warning health professionals and stakeholders that any engagement with the unrecognised body is done entirely at their own risk.<\/p>\n
n the association\u2019s legal notice served through its counsel and copied to the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, National Labour Commission, and the Chief Labour Officer, GACRA directed the group to \u201ccease and desist from all conduct or representation\u201d that implies it has any authority to act on behalf of Certified Registered Anaesthetists.<\/p>\n
Consequently, GACRA has given the group a 10-working-day ultimatum to comply or face legal action, including possible criminal prosecution for impersonation and fraudulent misrepresentation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis letter is not a waiver of any legal rights. Should this conduct persist, our client will pursue the fullest legal remedies available,\u201d the letter warned.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) has issued a warning to a group calling itself \u201cPhysician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group\u201d over what it describes as impersonation by the latter. According to GACRA, the Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists Group has been illegitimately presenting itself as the body representing the interests […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3652],"class_list":["post-11498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-gacra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11500,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11498\/revisions\/11500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}