The strike by doctors working for the Lagos State Government which began on March 16 has been suspended.
Full services are to resume from 8am on Thursday, March 26.
According
to the Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State
chapter, Dr. Babajide Saheed, the suspension of the strike came after
what he described as a ”fruitful meeting” between Lagos State Government
officials and the Lagos doctors on Tuesday.
Following
its congress on Wednesday, the NMA and Medical Guild have set up a
committee to ensure the implementation of government promises which
include the payment of the withheld salaries.
Public hospitals
in Lagos were shut following disagreement over issues which include
alleged engagement of doctors as casual workers; the suspension of the
training of resident doctors in the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital (LASUTH) and the withholding of doctors’ salaries for May 2012
and between August and September 2014, over the doctors’ involvement in
an industrial action.
Credit: Channels
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