Patients lament as doctors’ strike increase to three days - Nigeria News

Some of the patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Friday said that the warning strike embarked upon by the hospital’s resident doctors had begun to take its toll on them.
It is observed that only few consultants, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and cleaners were at their duty posts as the strike entered the third day.

Some patients that spoke to reporters appealed to both the Federal Government and the doctors to call off the strike in the interests of the public.
One of them, Mrs Bukola Adewole, the strike was taking its toll on the stranded patients, and was also worsening their conditions.
Another patient, Mr Joseph Okafor, appealed to the striking doctors and the Federal Government to reach an agreement that would put a stop to the recurring menace in the nation’s teaching hospitals.
He said, “Majority of Nigerians cannot afford the cost of services being rendered by private hospitals and our only One of them, Mrs Bukola Adewole, the strike was taking its toll on the stranded patients, and was also worsening their conditions.
Another patient, Mr Joseph Okafor, appealed to the striking doctors and the Federal Government to reach an agreement that would put a stop to the recurring menace in the nation’s teaching hospitals.
He said, “Majority of Nigerians cannot afford the cost of services being rendered by private hospitals and our only NARD’s president, Dr Muhammad Askira, gave the directive on Tuesday while reading the communiqué issued at the end of the association’s extra-ordinary National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja.