Some stakeholders in the health sector have agreed that incessant strikes would result to inadequate healthcare delivery with government policies adversely affected. The stakeholders stated their position during a chat with newsmen in Lagos against the backdrop of the indefinite strike embarked
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his administration’s commitment to bringing to an end incessant strikes by doctors. He added that government would implement policy and programmes that would improve their well-being. Jonathan stated this while inaugurating a newly constructed 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Bauchi, on Monday. Said Jonathan: “The present
As the strike by the doctors in the employ of Lagos State government lingers, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos branch, may join the strike, in sympathy with the cause of their colleagues. Speaking in an exclusive interview with our reporter on Sunday, the Deputy Secretary of the NMA, Dr. Peter Ogunnunbi, said, “We are […]
Despite the ongoing strike action by the Lagos State doctors under the aegies of the Medical Guild, the doctors are still attending to patients. Medical activities are on-going as doctors were seen attending to patients at some hospitals monitored by our reporter. At the Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital, Ikorodu General Hospital and the Lagos State […]
