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Chama cha Madaktari Wazawa wa Nigeria (Nard) kimesema uamuzi huo unahusisha Madaktari wa Hospitali za Serikali unatokana na Serikali kushindwa kutimiza mahitaji ikiwemo maboresho ya mishahara na malipo mengine.
Serikali imedai mgomo huo sio halali na watakaoshiriki hawatalipwa na kudai kuna mazungumzo yanaendelea kati yao pamoja na madaktari, kauli ambayo imepingwa na Rais wa Nard, Dkt. Emeka Orji akidai hakuna kinachoendelea kati yao.
Aidha, Madaktari hai wanataka Serikali iufute Muswada unaoelekeza wataalam hao wa Afya wanaohitimu mafunzo kutoka vyuoni hawatakiwi kwenda nje ya Nchi hadi wanapofanyakazi kwa muda wa miaka mitano.
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Resident doctors in Nigeria have started a five-day warning strike after a two-week ultimatum.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) said this follows the government’s failure to meet its demands, including implementing agreements on salaries and welfare.
The government has warned that the strike is illegal and doctors who refuse to work will not get paid.
When BBC News visited a government teaching hospital in Lagos, resident doctors said no one is going to work for the next five days.
"We are fighting for the young doctors, we are fighting for the old ones who have served for many years and have nothing to show for it and we are also fighting for ourselves," a doctor said.
Although the government said there is a meeting with the doctors on Wednesday, the President of Nard, Dr Emeka Orji, told BBC News they have not been invited for any discussion.
Resident doctors are also calling for a withdrawal of a bill that parliament is pushing to stop recently graduated doctors from leaving the country until they have worked for five years.
The association wants the government to resolve the issues before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office on 29 May.
Source: BBC
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Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients.
The strike by the resident doctors became necessary after the government’s refusal to increase their salaries and pay arrears owed some of their members as well as to invest more in hospitals, according to Dr. Innocent Orji, president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, or NARD.
Although the current work stoppage doesn't affect specialist doctors or nurses, medical residents make up the bulk of health care workers in Nigerian government hospitals. Such strikes are also common with the public health sector lacking sufficient funding for many years despite the country’s huge earnings as Africa’s biggest economy and top oil producer.
Critics, meanwhile, point to the vast disparity between the government hospitals treating most Nigerians and the medical care abroad that is available to the country’s elite, including Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who often travels to the U.K. for medical care.
Amid Nigeria's current economic crisis, the doctors in April threatened to go on strike but “we have not seen any positive sign from the government,” Orji told The Associated Press.
“The government has not called us to the negotiation table. Instead, what we have been getting is threats upon threats,” he said, adding that the warning strike could be extended if talks with the government fail to improve.
Source: abc news
Serikali imedai mgomo huo sio halali na watakaoshiriki hawatalipwa na kudai kuna mazungumzo yanaendelea kati yao pamoja na madaktari, kauli ambayo imepingwa na Rais wa Nard, Dkt. Emeka Orji akidai hakuna kinachoendelea kati yao.
Aidha, Madaktari hai wanataka Serikali iufute Muswada unaoelekeza wataalam hao wa Afya wanaohitimu mafunzo kutoka vyuoni hawatakiwi kwenda nje ya Nchi hadi wanapofanyakazi kwa muda wa miaka mitano.
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Nigerian resident doctors start five-day warning strike
Resident doctors in Nigeria have started a five-day warning strike after a two-week ultimatum.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) said this follows the government’s failure to meet its demands, including implementing agreements on salaries and welfare.
The government has warned that the strike is illegal and doctors who refuse to work will not get paid.
When BBC News visited a government teaching hospital in Lagos, resident doctors said no one is going to work for the next five days.
"We are fighting for the young doctors, we are fighting for the old ones who have served for many years and have nothing to show for it and we are also fighting for ourselves," a doctor said.
Although the government said there is a meeting with the doctors on Wednesday, the President of Nard, Dr Emeka Orji, told BBC News they have not been invited for any discussion.
Resident doctors are also calling for a withdrawal of a bill that parliament is pushing to stop recently graduated doctors from leaving the country until they have worked for five years.
The association wants the government to resolve the issues before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office on 29 May.
Source: BBC
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Nigerian doctors begin 5-day strike, leaving many without health care
Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients.
The strike by the resident doctors became necessary after the government’s refusal to increase their salaries and pay arrears owed some of their members as well as to invest more in hospitals, according to Dr. Innocent Orji, president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, or NARD.
Although the current work stoppage doesn't affect specialist doctors or nurses, medical residents make up the bulk of health care workers in Nigerian government hospitals. Such strikes are also common with the public health sector lacking sufficient funding for many years despite the country’s huge earnings as Africa’s biggest economy and top oil producer.
Critics, meanwhile, point to the vast disparity between the government hospitals treating most Nigerians and the medical care abroad that is available to the country’s elite, including Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who often travels to the U.K. for medical care.
Amid Nigeria's current economic crisis, the doctors in April threatened to go on strike but “we have not seen any positive sign from the government,” Orji told The Associated Press.
“The government has not called us to the negotiation table. Instead, what we have been getting is threats upon threats,” he said, adding that the warning strike could be extended if talks with the government fail to improve.
Source: abc news
