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General News of Thursday, 2 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Kogi FMC doctors embark on indefinite strike over govt's poor management of COVID-19

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The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) doctors in Lokoja, Kogi State have embarked on an indefinite strike action due to the state government's poor management of COVID-19.

The indefinite strike began on July 1, after some unknown armed men attacked the hospital on Wednesday morning.

According to LIB, the armed men destroyed hospital properties and carted away valuables.

In a communique signed by Nnanna Agwu, chairman, Association of Resident Doctors (NARD); Samuel Obajemu, chairman, Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU); Abdulmalik Idris, chairman, National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) and John Omoche, chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), the health workers alleged that their lives were being threatened because of the state’s “poor” management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The health workers who said they are “totally withdrawing services across board”, listed some conditions that must be met before returning back to work and they include; adequate security of lives and properties, validation of COVID-19 status of some staff of the hospital that have been in isolation, provision of COVID-19 testing facilities (PCR machines) and maximum of 20 patients being attended to daily.