Resident docs underneath the auspices of Affiliation of Resident Docs, ARD, on the College School Hospital, UCH, Ibadan in Oyo State have commenced a three-day strike.
The docs mentioned they’re embarking on the strike resulting from alleged assault on considered one of their members by kin of a affected person within the hospital.
ARD President, Dr. John Oladapo instructed reporter on Thursday that the docs are demanding a public apology from the individuals who assaulted their member, inflicting accidents on him on Sunday.
He additionally known as on the hospital to enhance its safety structure to keep away from future occurrences within the hospital.
“On Sunday, considered one of our members was the goal of a deliberate, premeditated, deliberate rage and livid assault by a affected person’s relation.
“The physician was seeing a identified Sickle Cell affected person in painful disaster on the Emergency Division when the 2 males accosted him within the consulting room and began beating him up.
“The mom of the affected person being seen who tried to intervene was additionally overwhelmed up on this assault. Within the physician’s try to flee, the lads chased him down and beat him up.
“The safety officers of the hospital intervened and rescued our member, however not earlier than he sustained accidents in addition to psychological well being and esteem”.
