The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba on Tuesday said its members would resume work on Thursday after its three-day warning strike.
Dr. Bunmi Omojowolo, the President of the association, made this known after a meeting with the hospital management in Lagos.
Omojowolo spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria as nurses and other health workers carried out skeletal services in all the hospital wards and the emergency unit.
He said that the hospital management had made concessions to some of the doctors’ requests, though some issues remained unresolved due to the absence of Prof. Akin Osibogun, the LUTH’s Chief Medical Director.
Omojowolo said that the LUTH management had agreed to reissue letters of employment earlier given to the resident doctors after removal of some words said to be contentious.
“The letters of employment given to new resident doctors have strange clauses, which should be expunged,” he said.
Omojowolo said without full information on the duration of their residence training in the letters of appointment, doctors would be at the mercy of the hospital.
He said: “The board had already agreed in August 2013 that a letter clearly stating the time and duration of residency should be issued to the resident doctors.
“This will enable resident doctors to start making plans instead of waiting for a letter from nowhere to tell them that their time is up.”
Omojowolo, however, said that no consensus was reached on the issues of increased hospitals fees and a policy requiring patients to pay upfront for surgery, even in emergencies.
He said that such practises were insensitive to the plight of Nigerians and would give the hospital and its members of staff a bad reputation.
According to Omojowolo, if after suspending the strike their other demands are not addressed, the association will issue a 21-day ultimatum before embarking on an indefinite strike.
He said that the association was requesting for the immediate implementation of the rectified Consolidated Medical Salary Structure.
“We are demanding for letters of skipping to be issued to all resident doctors as directed in the circular from the Federal Ministry of Health,” the association president said.
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