✕ CLOSE Online Special City News Entrepreneurship Environment Factcheck Everything Woman Home Front Islamic Forum Life Xtra Property Travel & Leisure Viewpoint Vox Pop Women In Business Art and Ideas Bookshelf Labour Law Letters
Click Here To Listen To Trust Radio Live

Resident doctors declare 72-hour strike over assault on doctors, healthcare workers

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, has declared a 72-hour protest strike over assault on doctors in the state.

The decision to embark on the strike was announced in Lafia on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, just hours after a distressing incident unfolded at the state-owned hospital.

Daily Trust gathered that a doctor on duty became the victim of an assault perpetrated by a male relative of a patient whose identity was yet to be identified.

SPONSOR AD

Protesting against incessant aggression towards its members and other healthcare workers in the state, the association, alongside supporting hospital staff, convened a demonstration within the hospital premises.

Doctors in England begin longest NHS strike ever

Edo: PDP clears Shaibu, 9 other aspirants for primary

Our correspondent reports that the doctors carried placards bearing various messages, pleading for intervention from the state government and other relevant bodies to swiftly curtail the surge in assaults on healthcare professionals within the state.

 

Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.

Breaking NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars. Earning $15,000 (₦25 million naira) Monthly as a Nigerian is no longer complicated.


Click here to start.