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Posted By Udokabestluv On July 6th, 2023

A middle-aged woman has allegedly lost her life in Nasarawa State as no doctor was on hand to attend to her, following a five-day warning strike embarked on by the resident doctors at the state government-owned Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia.

The Nasarawa State Council of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Wednesday, begun a five-day warning strike after the expiration of the three weeks ultimatum issued to Governor Abdullahi Sule to address issues bordering on their welfare in the state.

The pregnant woman, whose name was not immediately obtained when our correspondent visited the hospital, was said to have been scheduled for cesarean (CS) on Wednesday when she was abandoned as a result of the strike action.

It would be recalled that the resident doctors had on June 13 issued a three weeks ultimatum demanding the state government to address the welfare issues concerning their members.

Relatives, friends have commenced evacuation of their loved ones following the indefinite strike by the resident doctors in the state.

Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr. Peter Attah, said the decision to embark  on the strike was taken at an emergency meeting of the association on Tuesday in Lafia.

According to the Chairman, the strike was provoked having met with the delegation of the government led by  the  Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, twice with out serious commitment from the government.

Speaking in Lafia, he said: “We met twice  after our ultimatum on June 13, but unfortunately the government is only paying lip service without showing serious concern over our demands.

“After discovering that the state government was not ready and prepared to address our demands, the congress unanimously agreed to  withdraw its  services in all the 19  state government facilities from 8:00am  Wednesday, July 5 to 8:00am Monday, July 10.

“If by Monday July 10th  government  remain adamant over our demands, we will call for congress and decide on the next line of action, Dr. Attah added.

“We have decided to allow our colleagues with the Federal Medical center to stay and attend to patients because the association has the interest of the health sector at heart”,NMA Chairman stated.

“But if the government refused to resolve the lingering issues by Monday, we may be force to ask our colleagues in FMC and private facilities to join the strike.

“We have  given the state government enough time to dialogue and  address  our   demands but the government has been insensitive to their plight.  88 Medical Doctors have left the services of the state in 2023 alone due to poor welfare package” Chairman stated.

He listed some of their demands to includes; non-implementation of promotions for Doctors and Annual Salary increment for over nine years, non-implementation of N30, 000 minimum wage and consequential adjustments.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/07/strike-pregnant-woman-dies-hours-after-waiting-for-doctors-in-nasarawa/