Medical services crippled, patients stranded as resident doctors down tools

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Findings by Daily Trust indicate that while patients on admission in some of the hospitals were hurriedly discharged and asked to leave the hospitals, outpatients were denied access to the health facilities.

atients of public hospitals across the country were left stranded on Monday as members of the National Association of Resident Doctors downed tools following the failure of the government to fulfill its promises on salary payment, hazard allowance, medical residency training fees, and COVID-19 allowance among others.

 

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