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| Nigerian Medical Association, NMA |
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has apologised to Nigerians, especially patients at various government hospitals, over the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
Dr Enema Amodu, the Chairman, NMA, Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, made the plea on Sunday in Abuja while
addressing newsmen over the NARD strike.
According to him, the association is sorry and
wishes to apologise to Nigerians over the action.
The resident doctors embarked on strike on
April 1 to press home their demand for upward review of their N5000 hazard
allowance, payment of outstanding COVID-19 inducement allowance, among others.
He said “we are not insensitive; we hope that
government and those in charge of the discussion with NARD will take it
seriously, with a view to settling the issues at stake.
“To our patients, we are very sorry that you
have to suffer this epileptic irregular healthcare service delivery; we have
taken an oath to take care of you.
“But if a doctor is not in a sound state of
mind and is not happy with what he or she is getting from the job, the doctor
may not be in right frame of mind to discharge his or her duty right.
“And this will invariably affect you; by the
time we get placed properly, renumeration and other welfare matters and
facilities that we need to serve you, we will be able to serve you better with
productive results,” he said.
He pleaded with all health workers,
pharmacist, nurses, among others, to stop the incessant acrimony and disharmony
among them.
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