Some patients at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada have urged the Federal Government to dialogue with the striking resident doctors to amicably resolve the six weeks’ long dispute.
The patients appealed to the striking resident doctors to suspend their industrial action while speaking to City News on Tuesday.
A patient, Mr Solomon Shaba, appealed to the relevant authorities to end the strike.
“We are not happy about the situation. About four patients who left the hospital due to the strike are now dead. The nurses are trying, but we want the doctors around,” he said.
A pregnant woman, Mrs Gloria Sunday, also called for an end to the strike, saying some of the pregnant women registered in the hospital were due for delivery.
She said the lingering strike has forced some nursing mothers to visit private hospitals.
“I have little complication and only the doctors can handle it,” Esther Emmanuel a pregnant woman said. “I was able to see a gyneacologist once before the strike,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Peter Alabi, had said that the resident doctors of the hospital joined the strike on July 2 to press their demand over the issue of skipping salary grade.
According to him, the level skipping demanded for was CONHESS 2 which, he said, was not contained in the last budget.
“In November 2013, there was a circular stating that doctors, like other health workers, should skip salary grade.
He said the hospital’s budget did not include skipping of salary grade, adding that the Ministry of Health was willing to ensure that the skipping is captured in 2016 budget.
He therefore appealed to the striking doctors to call off the strike and engage in further dialogue.
Alabi also appealed to the Federal Ministry of Health to work out means for making it possible for the skipping to be approved in the2016 budget.
The CMD, who decried the shortfall in the institution’s personnel budget, commended the consultants for their services and encouraged them to ensure that patients are well taken care off.
He apologised to patients over the challenges experienced since the strike by resident doctors in the hospital began and assured of better service as soon as the strike was suspended.
By Abubakar Sadiq Isah
Daily Trust
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