FG doctors in Lagos to join colleagues on strike

IKEJA – The prolonged strike by the Lagos state doctors and the eventual sack of 788 doctors in the state has taken a different dimension as doctors in Federal government Hospital issued a warning to the state government on its intention to begin an indefinite strike action, at most by tomorrow if the sacked doctors are not reinstated. The doctors have equally appealed to the State house of assembly to look for possible ways to resolve the matter in order to prevent further lose of lives in the state. It was stated that new patients may hence forth not be admitted for treatment in Federal government hospital due to the planned strike. The hospitals among others include; Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi; Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta; Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba. The doctors who spoke under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State Branch, affirmed that the strike action was the only option left for them since the state government has failed to put things right. The President of Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, Branch of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Adetunji Adenekan, while speaking in Lagos yesterday said, ”all emergency units will be locked, clinics will not operate and only old patients would be attended pending when the strike is called off”