Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State who are working at the COVID-19 treatment and isolation centre in the state have joined their colleagues in the ongoing industrial action.
The doctors reportedly left the isolation centre following the directive by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Sagamu directing them to leave their duty posts at the isolation centre and the indefinite strike.
The association confirmed the development on Wednesday, in a statement jointly signed by its president Dr Popoola Mutiu and the secretary, Dr Osundara Tope, Punch reports.
The ARD which comprises Resident Doctors, Medical Officers and House Officers under the national body of NARD had begun an indefinite strike since July 1, but exempted its members at the isolation centre from the strike
However, the association in the statement said it changed its decision and asked the members to leave the isolation centre in protest against the alleged maltreatment of its members by the government.
Medical doctors in Lagos are also a three-day warning strike over the state government’s failure to meet their demands.
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The doctors under the auspices of Medical Guild embarked on strike over wage disparity between the Federal and Lagos state doctors, COVID-19 Hazard allowances and inducement allowances MOU approved by the Federal Government.
