Nigeria Health Minister Meets With Strikers
Onyebuchi Chukwu, the minister of health, is meeting with striking health worker unions to find solutions that will bring an end to the paralysing healthcare strike.
Nigeria hospital strike
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Nigeria:
Medical Director Appeals to Govt, JOHESU to Dialogue to End Strike
Vanguard, 24 August 2013
Dr Peter Alabi, the Chief Medical Director, University Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, has called on government and the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to embrace dialogue to end… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Investigation (I) - Nigeria Hit By Doctors Shortage, As Patients Wait Years for Attention in Lagos University Hospital
Premium Times, 24 August 2013
Nigeria appears headed for a grave health crisis as the nation's hospitals face a severe shortage of qualified medical staff in key areas of specialisation, forcing thousands of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Health Workers Say Health Minister Insincere on Court Ruling
Leadership, 23 August 2013
The Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu has been accused of insincerity by the striking health workers, following his declaration on Thursday that the federal government had… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Health Strike - 15 Premature Babies Abandoned in Federal Medical Centre Makurdi
Leadership, 23 August 2013
There was pandemonium on Thursday when 15 premature babies who were earlier kept in incubators were abandoned and later discharged from the Federal Medical Centre Makurdi without… Read more »
InFocus
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The health worker strike has been called off after the Joint Health Workers' Union reached an agreement with the goverment, says Labour Minister Emeka Wogu. Read more »
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Four health workers unions in federal government health institutions may begin a strike to protest the health ministry's failure to implement some agreements. Read more »