National Association of Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike.

The National Association of Residents Doctors (NARD) has announced that it has commenced an indefinite strike across the nation.

Addressing the press on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Abuja, NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba said the strike will go on without healthcare professionals saving lives in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centres across the country.

He noted that the union has decided to exempt its members working in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centres across the country.

The union is embarking on the strike because series of meetings with the federal government bordering on non-payment of special allowances to resident doctors, have yielded little.

They are also protesting insufficient protective equipment for members of the union treating COVID-19 patients.

Dr Sokomba, however, stated that exemption of the members attending to COVID-19 patients was for two weeks before they join the industrial action.

According to Dr Sokomba, doctors on the frontline of the nation’s COVID-19 battle have been exposed to the coronavirus, with some of them dying from the virus.