The Association of Resident Doctors,
Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, has lamented the high level of rot in the
tertiary healthcare institution, saying patients now provide cotton wool and
methylated spirit for their treatment.
Members of the association, who lodged their
complaints with the Senate on Friday, said they had held a week’s protest and
would embark on a three-day warning strike on Monday, after which an indefinite
strike would hold should the management of the hospital fail to respond.
“As simple as cotton wool and methylated
spirit are, we ask patients to provide. I think this is the height of it,”
President of NARD, ABUTH chapter, Dr. Waziri Aliyu, told the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuoso, who was accompanied by member of
the Senate representing Kaduna-Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani.
He also lamented alleged illegal sacking of
doctors by the management, poor remuneration, non-availability of accommodation
for staff who should be resident, insecurity and poor working environment in
the hospital.
He also decried the non-availability of
equipment, saying the MRI machine in the hospital had been faulty for 46
months, while patients were being referred to other hospitals.
In his response, Tejuoso noted that the
problems were not peculiar to ABUTH, and that many public health care
institutions bear the same burden.
He urged the doctors to pay more attention to
how monies allocated to ABUTH are being spent, instead of embarking on strike.
He also urged them to file a comprehensive report of their grievances to the
Senate.
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