All federal and state-owned hospitals across the country medical services were shut down by doctors, leaving hundreds of patients, who turned up for appointments, hopeless.
Women, children and men who turned up at the hospitals, irrespective of their conditions, were left unattended to.
The situation in the hospitals was so bad that in some, nurses and pharmacists took over the duty of the striking medical doctors.
In some hospitals, out of frustration and pity for the patients, medical directors were forced to take over the consulting rooms in a bid to ensure that patients who desperately needed medical attention had some form of treatments.
However, the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, yesterday took a swipe at Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, over its ongoing strike and advertorial it placed in the media advising Federal Government to stay action on its agreement with it, warning of imminent crisis in the nation’s health sector.
From the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH; Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Ebutte-Metta; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH; Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba; Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, to Federal Medical Centre, Bida, the situation was the same.
There was total shut down of services by the striking medical doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA.
The strike which many patients described as unpopular was, however, effective against public appeal.
Very soon cleaners will become Doctors
ReplyDeleteD situation is bad, almighty leaders fly out of the country to visit their Doctors so they don't really care if the whole Nation fall sick and die
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