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.
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.
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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.
