LASUTH doctors’ strike could escalate into wider healthcare disruption – NMA warns

Following the ongoing onslaught by nonmigratory doctors astatine the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State branch, has warned that, if an urgent effect is not provided, it could escalate into a wider healthcare disruption.

DAILY POST recalls that the nonmigratory doctors had embarked connected a three-day informing onslaught implicit the nonaccomplishment of the authorities and applicable authorities to code long-standing payment issues affecting aesculapian unit successful the hospital.

Reacting connected Thursday successful a connection by the NMA Lagos chairman, Dr Ewonowo Sunday, the relation said, “We presumption this improvement with heavy concern. Regrettably, this situation was avoidable if each acrophobic stakeholders had been much proactive and responsive successful addressing the morganatic concerns raised by the nonmigratory doctors.”

While acknowledging that onslaught enactment remains a past resort, the NMA said it often becomes inevitable erstwhile sustained dialog fails to pr...