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In a show of compassion to patients and a bid to avoid a major
industrial action at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH)
the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) UBTH had in an Emergency
G‎eneral meeting reviewed extended the 21 days Ultimatum given to
management to fix the decaying infrastructure in the hospital as well
as pay the salaries and entitlement of doctors.

The 21 days ultimatum lapsed on 18th April 2017. extended the

The congress reviewed the issues that led to the ultimatum and demands
of the association which were yet to be met by the hospital management
and noted that patient care, training and staff welfare ‎ continue
to suffer as these demands have not met.

The congress discussed exhaustively the promises offered by the
hospital management that the demands of the association will be met
soonest and the UBTH patient and staff will have cause to smile.

‎The Emergency General meeting also reviewed the genuine intervention
of well meaning personalities from Edo State as well as retired senior
doctors who pleaded to the association to delay the intended
industrial action.

After reviewing all the issues the congress has shifted the ultimatum
by fourteen days to allow time for the hospital management to meet her
promises and allow more time for well meaning Nigerians to insist that
patient care and staff welfare in UBTH should be priotized. The
Ultimatum was extended by 14 days to elapse on May 4 by which if
management are not forthcoming on their promises the doctors vowed to
commence the much dreaded insdustrial action.

SOURCE - http://www.viviangist.net/ubth-doctors-extend-ultimatum-to-commence-strike-on-4th-may-2017

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