The
Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital
chapter, Idi-Araba, Lagos has begun a three-day warning strike over the
non- reversal of the skipping policy for doctors working at the
hospital.
The LUTH ARD Chairman, Dr. Moronkola
Ramon, who declared the three-day warning strike during a protest on the
hospital premises on Monday, warned that resident doctors might
commence a full scale action if their demand was not met.
Ramon said the hospital management had
stopped skipping, a policy whereby doctors were given double promotion,
adding that the management granted same privilege to other health
workers in the hospital.
He said, “We gave the management a seven-day ultimatum to implement skipping for doctors as it used to.
“We also served the 21-day notice needed
for us to proceed on an indefinite action if they failed to implement
the policy. If they do not after this strike, we will consider an
indefinite strike. However, we will be providing emergency services to
avert unnecessary loss of lives.”
Ramon
wondered why LUTH had yet to comply with the agreement that the Federal
Government had with its national body, the Nigerian Medical
Association.
He stated that the strike was in compliance with the directive from the association‘s national body.
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