The industrial action embarked upon by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has entered day four with no sign of doctors returning to the hospitals. Vice General Secretary for GMA, Dr. Frank Serebour said the strike may last for a year if their grievances are not addressed on time. Dr. Serebour said the Association will not get tired of their action and will not kowtow to any pressure to return to the hospitals unless their concerns have been duly addressed. "If it means we should go for one year, the doctors have agreed to do that. We are not going to get tired. We have agreed that this time around we will not allow anyone to fatigue us, we are ready for the long haul," Dr. Serebour said in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Tuesday. He stressed that "we are not going to work until the issues have been settled to the satisfaction of government and the association." Dr. Frank Serebour claimed the Health Ministry has never been part of the negotiation process with the association and accused them of misunderstanding the concerns raised by the GMA. "They don’t even understand what we are talking about, it looks like they are on a different wavelength, they don’t even understand the issues and why we are on strike, I don’t remember we’ve met the Health Ministry in any of our negotiations,’ he said. He maintained that if the government has their interest at heart, the necessary steps should have been taken within the two weeks ultimatum given by GMA, but this was ignored. Dr. Frank Serebour underscored the need for doctors to be at post and save lives, but noted that agencies responsible for the right things to be done, should be blamed for the strike. He noted that the doctors are trying to see to some few cases and other emergency cases and also in-patients. "We are doing our best, but this is not the way it should be going because it will not help us." Dr. Frank Serebour maintained that if indeed doctors are seen as essential service providers and should not embark on strike, government should be up and doing and address their job evaluation concerns. However, the Deputy Health Minister, Rojo Mettle Nunoo argued that it is untrue if GMA is embarking on a strike because of the failure to implement the job evaluation assessment.