RESIDENT DOCTORS DECIDE ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE TODAY AS ULTIMATUM TO FG EXPIRES

Group of doctors protesting in lab coats holding placards during a nationwide strike in Nigeria.

NARD NEC meets to assess the government’s response to unresolved salary arrears, allowances, and training fund demands. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors will, today (Wednesday), hold its National Executive Council meeting to determine its next line of action as its 10-day ultimatum to the Federal Government expires.The association had on September 1 issued a […]

PRIVATE HOSPITALS SOUND THE ALARM: POWER COSTS THREATEN PATIENT CARE IN LAGOS

A Nigerian doctor in a dimly lit hospital running a generator during a power outage to treat a patient.

Private healthcare providers in Lagos are crying out for help as electricity and fuel expenses now gulp nearly 40% of their total operating costs, leaving hospitals overstretched and patient care under threat. Speaking ahead of their Annual General and Scientific Conference, the Lagos Chapter Chairman of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of […]