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Nigeria:
Reps, Doctors Parley On Strike Deadlocked
Guardian, 22 July 2014
THE House of Representatives' resolve to bring to an end the on-going nationwide strike action embarked upon by doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Striking Doctors Have No Right to Discharge Patients, Say Nurses
Daily Trust, 21 July 2014
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has faulted striking doctors for compulsorily discharging patients against their wish whenever doctors' union called for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Strike - Private Hospitals, Herbalists Rip-Off Patients
Independent (Lagos), 18 July 2014
Following the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), which has paralysed activities in government health facilities in the country, private hospital… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors Have No Right to Compulsorily Discharge Patients - Nurses
Leadership, 21 July 2014
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), has condemned what it described as unethical behaviour or practice of doctors whereby in-patients are compulsory… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Johesu Is Frustrated, Says Resident Doctors
Independent (Lagos), 20 July 2014
The suit instituted by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) against the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has been described as an action taken out of frustration because members… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Strike - Lack of Oxygen Kills Two-Month-Old Baby
Vanguard, 19 July 2014
A Two-month-old baby has died at the Daughters of Charity Hospital, Kubwa, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as a result of lack of oxygen for treatment following the nation wide… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors Strike Prompts More Unrest Over Pay
Daily Trust, 21 July 2014
More strikes loom over health care in Nigeria after Joint Health Sector Unions threatened industrial unrest if government fails to pay arrears accruing from adjusted pay grades by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Strike - Return to Work, Pharmacists, Nurses, Others Urge Doctors
Vanguard, 21 July 2014
As the nationwide doctors' strike continues to take its toll on healthcare services in public hospitals, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has commended the Joint Health… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Strike Selfish, Illegal, Unethical - Nurses
Independent (Lagos), 21 July 2014
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has described the ongoing nationwide strike by members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) as selfish, unethical… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NMA Strike Selfish, Illegal, Unethical - Nurses
Independent (Lagos), 22 July 2014
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has described the current strike action embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) as selfish,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Reps, FG Appeal to NMA to Suspend Strike
Independent (Lagos), 21 July 2014
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday called on the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to suspend its two-week-old strike. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doctors' Strike - Patients Resort to Traditional Healers in Bauchi
Independent (Lagos), 21 July 2014
Following the lingering strike action embarked upon by members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), patients unable to afford exorbitant charges at private hospitals and… Read more »