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NYSC Members Replace Striking Doctors In Federal Medical Centre, Yola
- Some of the hospitals in Yola have corps members offering skeletal services to patients with emergencies as monitored by newsmen. The NYSC doctors and other senior medical officers also attended to emergencies cases.
The striking resident doctors in Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, the Adamawa State capital, have been replaced by corps members, as well as in other hospitals in the state.
On August 2, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) directed its members across the country to embark on a total strike.
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The directive was issued on Saturday following the executive meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union, which was held in Umuahia, the Abia State Capital.
Some of the hospitals in Yola have corps members offering skeletal services to patients with emergencies as monitored by newsmen. The NYSC doctors and other senior medical officers also attended to emergencies cases.
Reacting, Adamu Dodo, Head of Information and Media Relations, FMC, Yola, said that the hospital was not completely shut down due to the strike.
“Everything is normal. Hospital is a teamwork setting, strengthened by synergy between and among the medical professionals and health workers,” Mr Dodo said.
He noted that NARD was only one category of medical doctors.
“There are doctors from the ranks of Principal Medical Officers (PMO) and above, the Consultants and the NYSC, who are doing their best to attend to patients.
“This is to say that the entire service windows are open, you’ve seen it yourself; the admission wards, the Accident and Emergency Unit and Labour Wards,” he said.
Dodo confirmed that the only unusual circumstances being experienced, was workload shouldered by the dedicated NYSC doctors.
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