FMC Abeokuta resident doctors down tools over insecurity, assault

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has declared a five-day informing onslaught implicit the battle connected a doc and persistent information challenges astatine the hospital.

The onslaught took effect from 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, pursuing an Emergency General Meeting held astatine the ARD Lounge.

The relation said the enactment was triggered by the battle connected a doc on Wednesday, but noted that it was portion of a signifier of aggression and insecurity facing doctors and different wellness workers astatine the centre.

In a communique issued astatine the extremity of the gathering and signed by its President, Dr Olanipekun Quadri, and General Secretary, Dr Olorunfemi Solomon, the relation said respective demands antecedently presented to absorption stay unresolved.

It listed the unresolved issues arsenic the nonaccomplishment to compensate location officers who mislaid idiosyncratic belongings during a theft astatine their quarters connected June 4, 2026, mediocre illumination of areas utilized for nighttime duties, and porous information astatine the Emergency Treatment Room.

The ARD said the ETR remains “excessively porous”, with unrestricted question of patients’ relatives and unauthorised persons, exposing unit to confrontation and assault. It added that capable information personnel...