Resident doctors of the Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
\nUniversity Teaching Hospital(COOUTH) Awka, have suspended their
\ntwo-month strike.<\/p>\n
The general congress of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) COOUTH in
\na statement signed by the president and secretary of the association,
\nObinna Aniagboso and Chidiebele Egolum, respectively, said the strike
\nwas suspended for a month to enable more arbitration.<\/p>\n
The doctors commenced their strike on 13th May 2019\u00a0 due to the failure
\nof the state government to honour its agreement to implement full
\nConsolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS for doctors and upgrade
\ndiagnostic facilities in the hospital as befitting of a tertiary health
\ncentre.<\/p>\n
The statement read in part, “We noted the request of His Excellency
\n(Governor Willie Obiano) for ARD (Association of Resident Doctors) to
\nsuspend its strike in order to give the government a little time to
\ncomplete the ongoing personnel audit and financial analysis.<\/p>\n
“We also took cognizance of the resolution of the NMA leadership and
\nelders’ meeting which advised ARD to suspend the strike for one month
\nalong with the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria,
\nMDCAN.<\/p>\n
We considered the plight of our teeming patients who have become
\nstranded and deprived of quality care throughout our protracted
\nindustrial action.<\/p>\n
“We also accepted the concessions made by management on internal issues
\nbordering on conditions of service and withheld remuneration, and intend
\nto cooperate to ensure its full implementation.”<\/p>\n
The statement added, “Considering the foregoing, the general congress
\npassed a resolution to suspend its industrial action for one month and
\nto resume work on Wednesday 17th July 2019 by 8:00 a.m.<\/p>\n
“We take this bold step in good faith with the expectation that the
\nstate government and management of COOUTH will not relent on their end
\nuntil our agreed objectives are fully actualized,”<\/p>\n
Resident doctors of the Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital(COOUTH) Awka, have suspended their two-month strike. The general congress of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) COOUTH in a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n