The National Association of Resident Doctors, Ahmadu Bello
University Hospital, has lamented the high level of rot in the tertiary
healthcare institution, saying patients now provide cotton wool and methylated
spirit for their treatment.
Members of the association, who lodged their complaints with
the Senate on Friday, said they had held a week’s protest and would embark on a
three-day warning strike on Monday, after which an indefinite strike would hold
should the management of the hospital fail to respond.
“As simple as cotton wool and methylated spirit are, we ask
patients to provide. I think this is the height of it,” President of NARD,
ABUTH chapter, Dr. Waziri Aliyu, told the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health,
Senator Lanre Tejuoso, who was accompanied by member of the Senate representing
Kaduna-Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani.
He also lamented alleged illegal sacking of doctors by the
management, poor remuneration, non-availability of accommodation for staff who
should be resident, insecurity and poor working environment in the hospital.
He also decried the non-availability of equipment, saying
the MRI machine in the hospital had been faulty for 46 months, while patients
were being referred to other hospitals.
In his response, Tejuoso noted that the problems were not peculiar
to ABUTH, and that many public health care institutions bear the same burden.
He urged the doctors to pay more attention to how monies
allocated to ABUTH are being spent, instead of embarking on strike. He also
urged them to file a comprehensive report of their grievances to the Senate.
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