COVID-19: Doctors at FMC Lokoja Embark on Indefinite Strike

COVID-19: Doctors at FMC Lokoja Embark on Indefinite Strike

Doctors at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi state have embarked on an indefinite strike.

The doctors said that the action was necessitated by the attack foisted on the centre by armed thugs and the poor management of COVID-19 pandemic by the Governor Yahaya Bello-led administration.

COVID-19: Doctors at FMC Lokoja Embark on Indefinite Strike
Thugs Attack FMC Lokoja

Sequel to the attack, doctors at FMC held an emergency meeting during which the decision to embark on an indefinite strike was taken.

In a communique announcing the strike and signed by seven health workers’ associations, they expressed regret that aside the violent attack on workers, all vital equipment needed for their day-to-day work had been carted away by the hoodlums.

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The union leaders said they were totally withdrawing services across board pending when their grievances are met.

The health workers said the following conditions must be met before the strike can be called off: validation of COVID-19 status of some staff of the hospital that has been in isolation, provision of COVID-19 testing facilities (PCR machines),  provision of personal protective equipment for health workers, and improved COVID-19 testing capacity.

They also want the government to ensure adequate security of lives and properties.

Some of those who signed the communique are – Nnana Agwu, chairman, Association of Resident Doctors (NARD); Samuel Obajemu, chairman, Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU); Abdulmalik Idris, chairman, National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) and John Omoche, chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN).

Meanwhile, the state police command says it has launched a manhunt for the gunmen that attacked the hospital.

Ede Ayuba, the state commissioner of police, who gave the order when he visited the facility, said the perpetrators will not go unpunished.

He assured the staff of the hospital of the readiness of the police to guarantee the safety of their lives and property.

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