Tag: resident doctors

The late Dr Michael Umoh of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). In any other profession, where negligence leads easily ...

Mr Abbas met with the doctors on Monday and appealed to them not to embark on strike as their demands ...

The doctors had on 17 May embarked on a five-day warning strike following the failure of the government to meet ...

Resident doctors make up the bulk of doctors in Nigeria’s tertiary hospitals

The doctors said a female colleague “was forcefully held hostage, confined, and verbally assaulted by a senior nurse.

The resident doctors' strike which is the subject of the suit was called off as back as October last year.

Mr Ngige explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for particular category of doctors.

The association says it is willing to resume negotiations to ensure the resolution of the industrial disharmony.

The affected doctors were not present when the governor visited at night.

NOI polls stated 88 per cent of doctors practising in the country wishes to relocate abroad.

The doctors had on September 2 directed members to embark on the warning strike.

The warning comes about a month after a nationwide strike. 

Doctors say they will employ ''all means'' to get equal treatment for state counterparts.

The strike by the doctors crippled public hospitals across Nigeria.

After eight hours of meeting, the doctors are yet to reach a resolution.

The meeting between the NARD and the government delegation was inconclusive.

A government circular asked that then striking resident doctors be replaced.

An ultimatum given by the doctors expired on January 2

"I cannot force Oyo or any of these states that have financial hardship to pay you(resident doctors), we can only ...

The doctors said they have been paid only 49 per cent of their salaries for four months.

"We are working towards meeting their demands before the ultimatum expires."

The decision came as the federal government ordered the replacement of resident doctors who had abandoned their posts.

Doctors' union protest the decision.

The strike is now scheduled to start on May 9.

President urges doctors to bear with FG due to shortfall in national revenue.