Hospitals, Doctors, Medical Guild, Strike, Patients, Welfare package, Employment contract, Disciplinary measure, Justice, Services

PM News . 05 May 2009 . Pg 2

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On May 5, 2009, some doctors in Lagos, Nigeria went on strike, but the strike was not very effective as many doctors continued to work. The Medical Guild, which organized the strike, had been banned. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, stated that the strike was an irony since the government was implementing a welfare package for doctors using taxpayer money, and the strike was punishing taxpayers. He also noted that the issue of the former chairman of the Guild was a matter of employer-employee disciplinary measure and that there were recourses to justice. The government appealed to law-abiding doctors and health workers to continue their normal duties without fear, with adequate security provided.

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On May 5, 2009, some doctors in Lagos, Nigeria went on strike, but the strike was not very effective as many doctors continued to work. The Medical Guild, which organized the strike, had been banned. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, stated that the strike was an irony since the government was implementing a welfare package for doctors using taxpayer money, and the strike was punishing taxpayers. He also noted that the issue of the former chairman of the Guild was a matter of employer-employee disciplinary measure and that there were recourses to justice. The government appealed to law-abiding doctors and health workers to continue their normal duties without fear, with adequate security provided.