Delta Pharmacists Play Strike in Health Sector


Posted on: Thu 24-07-2014

Workers in the health sector have been told to desist from strikes at the slightest provocation and save the sector from loss of confidence from the public.
 
Chairman of Nigeria Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists, NAHAP, Delta State branch, Dr Kingsley Amibor, gave the charge at the 2014 NAHAP week lecture and award ceremony.
 
Amibor faulted the infighting among professionals in the sector, saying that the health sector was a collaborative process with clearly dehered to, would guarantee permanent peace and stability in healthcare delivery in the country 
 
He said the spate of incessant strikes by professional stakeholders have left the health sector in shambles. He called on pharmacists to gear up for new challenges in view of emerging developments in the pharmaceutical practice to give patients value for patronising their services.
 
National President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Mr Olumide Akintayo, who was conferred with an award of excellence on the occasion, appealed for team
spirit by all players in the health sector for the greater good of patients.