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Johesu Strike Paralyses University College Hospital by Nobody: 11:09am On Apr 19, 2018 |
JOHESU strike paralyses University College
Hospital Ibadan
ByNews Agency of Nigeria -April 18, 2018
Services at the University College Hospital
(UCH), Ibadan, were on Wednesday paralysed as
the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) at the
hospital called out members out for the ongoing
national strike.
JOHESU officials went round the departments to
enforce the strike.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
it was a total strike in the strike as the
enforcement team chased out health workers
from their offices.
Mrs Ronke Bello, the Chairman, National
Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives
(NANNM), UCH branch, told NAN that the strike
was “a total and indefinite one”.
According to her, no department of the hospital
is being spared as the monitoring team will go
round daily to ensure compliance.
She condemned the action of the Nigeria
Medical Association (NMA), which at a recent
press briefing dissociated itself from the
JOHESU strike.
“The NMA has been gripped by the fear of the
unknown. I have no reaction to their utterances.
In the first instance, our request is directed to
our employers not to NMA.
“So why are they struggling that others should
not have their needs met?
“It is a regrettable thing that this strike is a total
one. We care about the lives of patients, but
stakeholders and the public should appeal to
government to do the needful,” she said.
Similarly, the Chairman, Medical and Health
Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Mr Olagokun
Taiwo, said doctors had been in a “silent war of
superiority” with other health workers.
“Why are they contending with us? Whether they
can run hospitals without us we will know. Why
are they discharging patients? They should run
the hospitals alone now that we have stepped
aside by this strike.
“We have sympathy for the patients but there is
nothing we can do. We have to embark on this
strike and the government should do what is
necessary,” she told NAN.
NAN reports that as the strike enter the second
day, doctors were seen discharging patients in
some wards.
In the West 1 Ward, Accident and Emergency
Unit, Ophthalmology Ward, Staff Out-patient Unit
(SOP) and the Oncology Unit, patients were seen
packing their belongings to go home.
However, at the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Unit,
normal clinical activities were still going on.
Also the major entrances to the UCH were
barricaded with logs of wood as vehicular
movement in and out of the hospital was
paralysed.
Staff members were forced to park their cars
outside along the main road and trek to their
offices.
However, the ongoing West African College of
Surgeon examination was not affected by the
strike.
One of the discharged patients, Alhaji Mumun
Ayepe, 67, who suffers from glaucoma, appealed
to the Federal Government to intervene without
further delay and meet the demands of the
striking health workers.
Commenting on the situation, Prof. Temitope
Alonge, the Chief Medical Director of UCH, told
NAN that management had taken proactive steps
to manage the strike since JOHESU issued the
notice.
“Management has met with heads of the unions
and solicited their cooperation to handle
emergencies.
“Those patients who are well enough are already
being discharged while those whose conditions
are worse will be monitored by doctors.
“A private security outfit has been engaged to
man the gates since hospital security outfit is
also part of the striking union of health workers.
“The strike is a national one; we can only do our
best to manage the situations on ground,” Alonge
said. |
Re: Johesu Strike Paralyses University College Hospital by Nobody: 11:12am On Apr 19, 2018 |
Where are the Doctors nah, I thought they said all other health workers are inconsequential in the scheme of things, Why not attending to patients Afterall, they are capable. ntorrrrrr. |
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