Patients Cries Out As Abuja Hospital Stop Activities Over NLC Strike

Some patients at the Kubwa General Hospital, Abuja have been left stranded as medical personnel have declined to attend to them in keeping with the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress.

The NLC and the Trade Union Congress embarked on an industrial action on Monday, 3rd of June, 2024, to protest the N60,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government.

Although the gates of the hospital were opened, a worker at the Radiology Unit was heard informing patients who came for scans that the hospital would not be attending to patients as a result of the strike.

“We are not attending to patients today, because of the strike”, she told the patients.

A patient at the Pharmacy unit of the Accident and Emergency Wards, who did not give her name, lamented that she had made payments, but was declined the medication, and a refund of her money, as the unit had closed because of the strike.

She said,

“They collected money and refused to give us the drugs. Even the medicine too. If they knew they won’t attend to anyone because of the strike, why did they open?”

While the Post-Natal ward and Laboratory Units seemed to be operating, our correspondent gathered that the hospital staff were attempting to attend to as many patients as possible before the Labour leaders would arrive to enforce the strike. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>