Also, resident doctors at the hospitals insisted that they were making necessary effort to ensure that patients were adequately cared for, in spite of the ongoing strike. Patients who had already booked for surgery appointment would now suffer needless delay, as the hospital suspended further operations. A sickle cell patient, Beatris Auja, pleaded with the Federal Government dialogue with the striking health workers and look into their demands to save the patients. We are begging the government to meet the demands of the health workers. Jibril Yakubu, who spoke with The Guardian on his sick bed, also appealed to the health workers to consider the plight of the patients.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 03:11 UTC