Drama ensued at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu as patients held doctors and some management staff hostage for refusing them access to medical treatment following ongoing strike by health workers.
Newsmen who visited the hospital in Enugu on Friday report that the patients and their relatives blocked the main entrance to the hospital and prevented movements.
Some of the patients told newsmen that since they were discharged, they could not pay their bills due to absence of account officers adding that the security prevented them from leaving without obtaining clearance from the management.
One of the patients who spoke in anonymity said that due to pressure on the management, a director in the accounts department attended to very few of them but could not ascertain the bills.
“On Thursday, we waited for the cashiers to attend to us but in vain until a director…
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