Jethro Ibileke/Benin
Impending strike by medical doctors in government hospitals in Edo State could plunge the health sector into another crisis, following insistence by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), to shut down the sector with a warning strike commencing from Friday.
The NMA says the warning strike follows expiration of the 21 days ultimatum issued to the state government to fix the problems confronting the sector.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. David Osifo, however accused the NMA of being hasty in issuing ultimatum, noting that government has identified the problems in the sector and is confronting them head on.
The NMA on the other hand, alleged that the government had failed to fix the problems confronting the sector, just as it identified alleged lack of man power and inadequate health facilities as the…
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