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Fears as resident doctors at LUTH down tools
The perennial issue of unpaid salaries has forced members of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Arabia, chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) to embark on an indefinite strike starting today, Thursday.
That much information was revealed to the public by Dr Adewale Oba, ARD President, while speaking with newsmen.
He said; “It is unfortunate that we had another meeting on Wednesday where we resolved to embark on an indefinite strike, commencing on Nov. 29.
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“We want to appeal to the general public, most especially the influential members of the public to prevail on the management to quickly avert the industrial action,’’ Oba said.
The ARD President added that the failure of the hospital management to pay the outstanding three months salaries of resident doctors, among other things forced the indefinite strike.
“The association was compelled to embark on strike as from Thursday after several appeals to the management yielded no positive response.
“The happening in LUTH now is at the instance of nonpayment of the doctors’ salaries, including the resident doctors, House Officers and Consultants for the past three months”, he stated.
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