By David Kabiyesi
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the body was left with no other option than embark on nationwide strike after federal government turned deaf ears to its cries.
The president of the association, Dr Orji Emeka Innocent, said the association embarked on strike due to the failure of the federal government to meet its demands.
He lambasted government’s slow response to the demands despite giving several ultimatums.
The association had earlier embarked on a five-day warning strike in May. It thereafter gave the federal government a two-week ultimatum, which it extended by another two weeks on July 5 which expired on July 19, 2023.
“The failure of government to release the circular on one-for-one replacement of clinical staff despite the untoward hardship the current spate of brain drain has caused Nigerian doctors and other clinical staff.”
Already, health services in public facilities across the country is groaning and overstretched owing to recent strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesda
Reports from different part of the country revealed that most resident doctors in the country are in compliance with NARD directives.
Patients, including those in need of emergency care, were turned back in some facilities, while those in the wards were not receiving the required attention.
Those who spoke lamented that they are suffering from lack of care despite measures put in place by some facilities for consultants and house officers to attend to the sick.
NARD announced the strike on Tuesday night after its virtual extra-ordinary National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
