The indefinite strike by doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, to press for implementation of agreements made with the federal government has entered its seventh week without an end in sight.
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD) at the centre have been on strike to press for the implementation of “Relativity,” and “Skipping”, two welfare packages agreed upon to allow doctors skip from one grade level, to the other in order to enjoy certain allowances.
The doctors are asking for arrears from the two welfare packages, and are insisting on the full implementation which was signed into agreement in 2014.
The strike has paralysed activities at the biggest hospital in the state, compelling patients to look else where to meet their healthcare needs.
Hospital officials said during the period of the strike, no fewer than seven employees from various departments have died for lack of healthcare.
The President of NARD in the hospital, Dr. David Elukpo, told Daily Trust that the management had reneged on the agreement and continued to carry on as though they were enjoying the strike.
The President of NARD in the hospital, Dr. David Elukpo, told Daily Trust that the management had reneged on the agreement and continued to carry on as though they were enjoying the strike.
“There is no commitment from them to convince doctors that they are ready to implement the two agreements”, he said.
FMC Medical Director, Dr. Joshua Ndom Giyan, told Daily Trust the management had no way of approving payment of the allowances and their arrears, adding that the circular from the Head of Service had no budgetary provision.
FMC Medical Director, Dr. Joshua Ndom Giyan, told Daily Trust the management had no way of approving payment of the allowances and their arrears, adding that the circular from the Head of Service had no budgetary provision.
Giyan appealed to the doctors to stop the strike and to return for more negotiation while the management will continue to pressurise the federal government to make funds available for the payments.
By: Hir Joseph,
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