Our Correspondents
Consultants have taken over the provision of skeletal services to patients following the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which enters the fifth day today.
Relatives have also intensified the evacuation of patients to private hospitals, THISDAY has learnt.
When THISDAY visited the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi and Federal Medical Centre in Azare, only very senior physicians and nurses were attending to patients.
Bauchi State branch Chairman of NARD, Dr. Muhammad Nur Algazali, said members of the union had withdrawn their services in compliance with the directive of the national body of the union.
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Mon Apr 05 2021
Patients hospitalised at University of Benin Teaching Hospital are moving to other hospitals as resident doctors at the hospital continue their strike.
The National Association of Resident Doctors had on April 1 embarked on a nationwide strike as part of measures to force the federal government to implement the agreement reached between the union.
Correspondents visiting the hospital observed that the hospital was devoid of crowds despite the skeletal services on offer.
A source within the hospital said that patients taking treatment at the hospital had to seek medical care in other hospitals not affected by the strike.
ALTERNATIVE By Reno Omokri
The Harass Buhari Out of London rally held in London, yesterday, April 2, 2021 was a resounding success.
Convener of the rally, Reno Omokri, was at Buhari’s residence, Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London W8 7AD.
The rally was held in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols with protesters massing in groups of six.
The London Metropolitan Police were called in by the Nigerian High Commission but were unable to stop the process. After questioning Mr. Omokri and observing that the event was orderly, peaceful and not in breach of COVI-19 protocols, the police allowed the protest to continue.
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‘We spend N40M monthly to generate electricity
By Chioma Obinna
It is no longer news that health services in all regions are struggling to both tackle COVID-19, and provide people with the necessary care. According to the World Health Organization, WHO, countries need to advance health for all as one of the clearest lessons the pandemic has taught the world is the consequences of neglecting the health systems.
To ensure better healthcare, one of the Nigerian hospitals that are changing the narratives of the health system and working towards making Nigeria a destination of choice for medical tourism, is the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH.