Doctors threaten to shut down hospitals nationwide

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A renewed industrial dispute is brewing between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) over failure by government to attend to the doctors’ demands.

The NMA in statement by its President, Osahon Enabulele, in Abuja on Wednesday reminded the Federal Government of a December 14 deadline to resolve the demands of the doctors if it (government) did not want a disruption of industrial harmony in the health sector.

Enabulele said the Minister of Health should be blamed for not acting promptly on the NMA’s demands since five months ago.

According him, “For over five months now, the NMA which is the umbrella body for all medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria, has recurrently engaged the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Health, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on issues bordering on some health sector challenges, workplace conditions and the conditions of service of doctors.

On September 2, 2013, the NMA issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria to address the issues tabled by NMA.

“The attention of the government to other issues bordering on workplace conditions and injustice meted out to doctors in their conditions of service and funding/infrastructural and equipment upgrade of the health sector have not received any significant attention,” the NMA chieftain said.

He said on account of this, “it may be difficult to guarantee further extension of the grace period and consequently, industrial harmony in the health sector, especially as the December 14, 2013 deadline issued to the Federal Government to concretely resolve the demands of the NMA draws closer”.

Enabulele said efforts by the NMA to engage the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health has collapsed “following the unserious approach and attitude of the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health who seem to be less bordered about the potential crisis which may erupt in Nigeria’s health sector from Saturday, December 14, 2013”.

He, therefore, alerted the nation about the imminent collapse of health services across the entire country given the apparent levity and lack of concrete commitment so far exhibited by the government.

Source: Dailyindependent

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