Ajiri Imah
The Association of Resident Doctors of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra has commenced a five-day warning strike over the persistent assault of its members.
This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the President, Dr Ndukwe Chinwe and General Secretary, Dr Egbue Obiora of the association, after an emergency general meeting.
The group lamented the constant assaults and attacks by family members of patients at the hospital.
According to them, one of their member on Sunday was brutally assaulted, humiliated and tortured for over two hours by a deceased patient’s relatives, before the late intervention of the hospital security outfit and management.
Following the attack, they declared a five-day total shutdown of clinical and emergency services has been issued by Congress, commencing from (6 am Wednesday) January 25, 2023, and ending on (8 am Monday) 30th January 2023.
The Association however acknowledged the efforts of NAUTH management in condemning the incident and ensuring that the assailants were arrested by the police.