Doctors in Imo State have declared a three-day closure of all public and private hospitals in the state to protest their ill-treatment by the police and the Rochas Okorocha administration.
Last week, the doctors and the police clashed in Owerri, the state capital, during a protest against the management of public hospitals and poor treatment of health workers by the state government. During the incident, some doctors were reported shot by the police.
The directive to shut down all the hospitals in Imo was given on Tuesday by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
The association said that the closure of the hospitals was to express their grievances against the action of the police and the concessioning of public hospitals by Okorocha.


In a press statement issued by NMA Chairman, Dr Hyacinth Emele and Secretary, Kyrian Duruewuru, the association condemned the action of the police, insisting that the police acted the script of some government officials by shooting its members on a peaceful protest.
Emele said that contrary to the police claim that NMA never obtained permission for the protest, it was monitored by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bisong and Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of New Owerri, Eric Uchegbu, who came with six vans loaded with armed policemen, escorting the protesters.


He noted that the police vans which have been escorting them, at the Ware House roundabout, turned against the doctors, diverting them to end their protest at the Freedom Square and not the Government House as contained in their permit.
At that point, Emele said the police, who were hitherto friendly, threw teargas at them and shot some of his members with live bullets.
The NMA said it was shocked by the utterances of the Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Njoku, who it said was rejected by the association because she was not a member of the profession.



www.thebreakingtimes.com/police-brutality-doctors-shut-down-all-hospitals-in-imo-state/

Na wa, Agitation everywhere

TYPICAL IMO STATE.


The Government that does not care about the people offends doctors, they take it out on the people.


Then when the sick Imolites die due to the neglect, these same Doctors would be at the funeral struggling for Ofada rice and sauce with other mourners.


So they cant think of a way to pass across their grievance directly to the government without making the people who support them to suffer.




Meanwhile, didnt they vote for Rochas?

Oh no

But why is the Police always Brutal Nobody to checkmate them or what?

That moment when u r on top of a girl and suddenly got stuck ......letter called the hospital and someone told u all doctors r on strike.... and you be like.....

The idiiot called Rochas Okorocha has finished IMO STATE

My oh my




I guess we the grasses are The ones to suffer this.






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why do doctors always like shutting down hospitals

I taught they do say police is our friend

Okorocha please treat them well

Apc has broken the records of Agitations in Nigeria history .

Intact APC is an END TIME GOVERNMENT

I passed through imo state on Monday, the massive road that took him 3yrs to complete has been half-covered by red sand. All I see in that okorocha is his dribbling public stunts like that of okocha. Same governor would need check up for headache and would fly first class to Dubai to pay thousands of $. We don't need our government to turn Nigeria to paradise, just upgrade our basic amenities like schools, health facilities, electricity, and security. For the security, kindly reverse the upgrade to favour the masses, not one human being with one head, two arms and legs, one ass and one d.ick called politician

Up till now I still don't know what is really wrong with Roch-Ass okoroAwusa. Ewu

Rochas..........

Not sure. Am currently in Imo, nothing as such

therefore drugs ati injection o jawo mo, Agbo ti take over

Herbalists should join too...APC is nothing but a military regime.

Change, as promised......live with it!

Hmmmmmmm.. Story that touches the heart everywhere. My sympathy to all imolites hospital patients. You all voted for change and you're bound to keep supporting the change even if the change is changing.

Enjoy ya change while it lasts.

police no get sense ooh..if dem shoot d doctors finish,who go kom help them when they are shot

You are risking the lives of your patients not rochas.

So pls go back and open all closed hospitals.

zinachidi:
Doctors in Imo State have declared a three-day closure of all public and private hospitals in the state to protest their ill-treatment by the police and the Rochas Okorocha administration.
Last week, the doctors and the police clashed in Owerri, the state capital, during a protest against the management of public hospitals and poor treatment of health workers by the state government. During the incident, some doctors were reported shot by the police.
The directive to shut down all the hospitals in Imo was given on Tuesday by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
The association said that the closure of the hospitals was to express their grievances against the action of the police and the concessioning of public hospitals by Okorocha.


In a press statement issued by NMA Chairman, Dr Hyacinth Emele and Secretary, Kyrian Duruewuru, the association condemned the action of the police, insisting that the police acted the script of some government officials by shooting its members on a peaceful protest.
Emele said that contrary to the police claim that NMA never obtained permission for the protest, it was monitored by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bisong and Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of New Owerri, Eric Uchegbu, who came with six vans loaded with armed policemen, escorting the protesters.


He noted that the police vans which have been escorting them, at the Ware House roundabout, turned against the doctors, diverting them to end their protest at the Freedom Square and not the Government House as contained in their permit.
At that point, Emele said the police, who were hitherto friendly, threw teargas at them and shot some of his members with live bullets.
The NMA said it was shocked by the utterances of the Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Njoku, who it said was rejected by the association because she was not a member of the profession.



www.thebreakingtimes.com/police-brutality-doctors-shut-down-all-hospitals-in-imo-state/

some people won't see this one before starting their defence o. Rubbish

5starmilitant:
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A for apple
Space booker, its too early na..

By the way, we always listened to news from imo state,abia state and anambra state.

Can someone tell me what s happening in ebonyi and enugwu state ?

Have they starts the exportation of abakailiki local rice or have they started working on the coal in enugu state?


Someone should update me biko



Happy val in advance

Why do the police like shooting at unarmed protesters.Let only rubber bullet be given to this fools.

hmmm, inasmuch I neither support the action of the police nor the insensitive action of the IMO state governor, but I urge the doctors in the state to stop the proposed strike because it is ill poor masses that will suffer most.

Police and shooting are like butter and bread smh ...

Meanwhile In another news ....



If this happen in Africa..
One sharp pastor would've claim that...
He raised the dead child

My state...

That is serious

Naija police and Brutality..which way Naija?