The Association of Resident Doctors has issued a 21-day strike notice to Kaduna State Government to implement agreements it reached with the association two years ago.
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The President of the association, Dr Afeez Enifeni, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that the strike would continue until the management addressed the work experience of the overworked doctors.
The Abuja Branch of the Association of Resident Doctors has expressed worry over the increasing number of unemployed medical practitioners in the country.
The Association of Resident Doctors in Enugu State Teaching Hospital has called off its seven days warning strike following state government’s promise to begin processes on payment of allowances.
The Delta Government on Friday renewed its commitment to the training and retraining of medical doctors in the state.
Following an industrial strike embarked upon by the Association of Resident Doctors in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, patients, who were admitted in various wards have left for other hospitals.
The Nigeria Medical Association has attributed poor remuneration and inadequate health facilities as some of the major reasons for mass exodus of medical doctors.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Arabia, chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors says it will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday over unpaid salaries and allowances of doctors.
The Association of Resident Doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has called on the Oyo State Government to ensure speedy payment of the 24 months salary arrears owed members.
A NAN reporter who visited the hospital reports that doctors are attending to patients who visited.
Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, on Wednesday began its three days warning strike, demanding for recruitment of more doctors.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government reacted barely six hours after receiving the threat for the strike over salary cut.
Dr Ali Mohammed, chairman of the association, stated this in a press conference in Damaturu.
Dr Ibisola Babalola, the President of the association, told a news conference in Ibadan on Wednesday that the body was not impressed with the handling of the matter by security agencies particularly the police.
The Federal Government had on October 11, after the Federal Executive Council meeting, banned doctors in the public service from engaging in private practice
He said the directive to suspend the strike was issued to state branches after the NEC of National Association of Resident Doctors, rose from its meeting with a delegation of the Federal Government in Abuja.
Olaopa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, said that the decision was in line with directive from the National Executive Council of the National Association of Resident Doctors.
The management threatened prompt invocation of the “No Work No Pay” extant directives of the Federal Ministry of Health on the striking doctors if they failed to call off the strike
Addressing newsmen after a peaceful rally at the hospital, the ARD President, Dr. Ige Kolawole, said they were forced to embark on the strike following the continued deduction of their salaries since January 2014.
Dr Adebayo Sekunmade, the president of the ARD of the hospital, revealed this to newsmen during a news conference