The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Osun State University Teaching Hospital Branch on Friday declared a 3-day strike over insecurity within the premises of the hospital.
A statement jointly signed by ARD president, Dr. S.O Ilori, and General Secretary, Dr. F. A Olabomi and made available to newsmen in Osogbo capital of Osun State disclosed that the decision was taken at Emergency General Meeting held on Friday.
According to the statement, the rate and impact of unprovoked attacks on our members have become alarming, depressive, and dangerous.
The statement read in part: ‘’In the last two months, there have been repeated records of at least four dreadful attacks on our members. Certain individuals with intentions to cause physical harm and kill, unleashed unprovoked attacks on hospital staff, were unchecked for more than 40 minutes on Thursday, 28th July 2022.”
” The cause of the attack is the death of a patient that suffered a severe head injury and was managed at the Accident and Emergency Unit of our Hospital. As soon as the index patient was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state, aggressive resuscitating measures were commenced which included fluid resuscitation, oxygen therapy, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, the patient suffered cardiac arrest and died despite all measures.
“The A&E team and the medical doctors informed the patient relatives who in turn unleashed insults and brought out dangerous objects to harm our members. This caused a commotion, members fled for their lives, some locked themselves in the toilets and various rooms while many were injured.”
The doctors demanded Armored Personnel Carrier, the presence of trained security officers, a Security Post at both entrances of the hospital, and immediate organisation of security structure in the hospital to forestall recurrence.
”In view of the depressing lack of security in the hospital, members of our Association have been asked to withdraw all forms of Emergency and clinical services in the Hospital except for patients already on admission for the next 72 hours when there shall be another EGM of our Association to re-appraise the security structure in the hospital.”