Why Abuja Doctors Are on Strike: 12 Demands Government Has Yet to Meet
Lagos-Abuja highway traffic wasn’t the only thing slowing down in the capital this morning. Hospitals across Abuja quieted as resident doctors declared an indefinite strike, citing a list of urgent demands they say have been ignored for too long. The strike, which went into effect Monday, stems from what the doctors describe as “unresolved issues” […]
Patients In Fear As Resident Doctors Meet to Decide Strike Today
It’s 3 a.m. in a tertiary hospital somewhere in Nigeria. A mother arrives with a bleeding baby. A surgeon who hasn’t slept properly in 48 hours scrubs in, checks the gurney, and tells the nurse to call the consultant. The consultant, one of the resident doctors who keeps the hospital breathing, receives the message, frowns […]