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| Some striking doctors |
The ongoing
strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has forced the suspension of
major operations at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital
(UDUTH) as the striking workers have allegedly hidden patients’ files and
surgical equipment.
Daily Trust report
continues:
The health workers
commenced the warning strike last Thursday to press home demand for better
working conditions.
They are also asking for
the correction of what they called “lopsidedness” in the appointment of
hospital heads and board members which according to them is in favour of
medical doctors.
It was gathered that
following the strike, patients have been under the exclusive care of medical
doctors.
A medical doctor who
pleaded not to be named said the strike was frustrating their activities as the
striking workers locked up patients’ files and surgery equipment.
The Chief Medical
Director of UDUTH, Dr. Yakubu Ahmad, said the institution had cleared some of
their demands locally and were working with the government to resolve the rest.
He lamented the action of
the workers which he said would decrease revenue and scare away private
partners, especially those who supply them with equipment.
“The strike is crippling
our services, destroying the health sector and our partnership with private
sectors,” he said.
He appealed to the
workers to consider the patients. The JUHESU chairman in the hospital, Comrade
Hassan Sani, said they have been agitating since 2008, but that nothing was
done by the government.
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