Patients Groan As UITH Doctors Join NMA Strike
The industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors' nation wide, on day paralysed medical activities at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), an umbrella body of all certified medical personnel had on Monday directed its members nationwide to proceed on an indefinite industrial action as a result of what it perceived as federal government's insensitivity to the requests of its members.
At University of Ilorin Teaching along Oke-Oyi, medical activities almost totally grounded as doctors failed to turn up for duty, except for some consultants who were seen attending to patients who were in critical conditions.
Relatives of some patients were also seen searching for taxi-cabs, apparently in a bid to relocate their sick-ones to another medical facility.
An official of the hospital who pleaded anonymity said medical workers would maintain their stance until government was ready for a negotiation.
He said, "gone are the days when you see us issuing empty warning strike. This one is total. We won't resume until we see green light coming from the government."
It was the same scenario at University of Ilorin permanent Site clinic as doctors, acting on the directive by the national headquarters of NMA, joined the strike action.
The chairman, Kwara State branch of NMA, Dr. Olayinka Buhari, said the strike was necessitated by government's failure to address their demands.
He said doctors' grievances had subsisted for long and medical services would not resume across medical institutions until their demands are met.
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