Posted on: Mon 04-04-2022

The Management of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has said the four-day warning strike by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), which ends today, was unnecessary as all the issues used to justify the strike had allegedly been resolved before they embarked on it.

The Head, Corporate Affairs of the UITH, Mrs. Elizabeth Ajiboye, stated, yesterday, in Ilorin, Kwara State, that the management of the hospital had informed the striking doctors that it had already put in place all the interim measures required to withdraw the strike notice.

According to her, the issues behind the strike include irregular supply of water and electricity to certain areas and sections of the hospital.

She added: “The sudden rise in the cost of diesel across Nigeria and its scarcity is equally not leaving out the UITH.

“As a tertiary health institution, we promptly swung into action by improvising on sources of improved power into various sensitive sections of the hospital. We revitalised our solar system and purchased needed generating sets, powered by Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which were promptly distributed to all the sensitive sections of the hospital.”

The management procured 15 new petrol engine generators to improve electricity supply in the last one week, since it is easier to source petrol, she told The Guardian.

“This step became necessary to save lives and keep both the clinical and administrative systems running. All these had been put in place before the ARD UITH declared the unfortunate warning strike,” Ajiboye said.

“Though all other categories of staff were fully on the ground during the time the warning strike lasted, we wish to state unequivocally that UITH did not record casualties attributed to the strike,” she added.

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