Breaking: Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike

By Uche Mbah

Resident doctors Monday began a nationwide strike to press home their demands for better conditions for their members, though they said they are exempting their colleagues working at COVID 19 centers nationwide. COVID 19  figures Monday spiked to 16,000cases with over 400 deaths, according to the National Center for Disease Control, NCDC.

 

There has been inadequate coverage of the COVID 19 pandemic by doctors, particularly in the North, because of a lack of doctors. A state in the Northern part of the country recently lamented that there are only 300 doctors in the whole state.

President of the national association of resident doctors, NARSD, president, Aliyu Sokomba, announced that the strike will be indefinite while addressing a press conference in Abuja Monday. According to him, the exemption of those working at COVID 19 centers is only temporary, since after two weeks they are expected to all join the strike.

This is a developing story…