Nasarawa State Government has appealed to resident doctors in the state to rescind their decision to embark on strike for the common good of humanity.
Chief Medical Director, Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Doctor Ikrama Hassan made the appeal during a press briefing in Lafia.
Dr Ikrama Hassan called on the doctors to consider lives of the people they took oath to protect, before considering challenges in the health sector such as COVID-19 pandemic.
He said that embarking on strike would amount to adding more pressure on the system and the state government was making frantic efforts towards addressing their demands.
Nasarawa State Chapter of Association of Resident Doctors had in a Communiqué, directed its members to proceed on a three day warning strike on Monday the eight of February 2021
According to the Communiqué, the doctors would go on indefinite strike, if the state fails to address their demand which include immediate reversal of suspension of Residency Training for its members in Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital Lafia, provision of standard COVID- 19 Personal Protective Equipment among others.
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