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Patients Groan as NARD Further Hobbles Health Care Delivery
In assessing the impacts of the on-going strike action by resident doctors in the country, Leadership correspondent visited Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LUTH), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH), Gbagada General Hospital, Federal Medical Center in Lagos state and Igbobi Orthopedic Hospital and discovered that healthcare services delivery has been rendered near comatose in the hospitals.
In LUTH though the strike was ongoing there were quiet a number of patients on queue at some areas in the hospital, in-patients and out-patients were being attended to by some few doctors on ground, consultants and other medical officers.
In other hospitals like Igbobi, Gbagada General Hospital and Federal Medical Center, consultants and other medical officers have stepped up to take charge of treatment of patients.
Meanwhile, some patients who spoke with Leadership correspondent said they were being attended to by nurses and consultant, but the crowd is discouraging.
Leadership, September 9, 2017
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