The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD Kaduna State chapter, has embarked on an indefinite strike beginning from today, Wednesday.
The Association’s President, Emmanuel Joseph in a statement in Kaduna said the strike was necessitated by the state government’s failure to honour an agreement it had with the association bordering on salary adjustments and tackling some challenges in the health sector.
He added that the doctors would not accept new patients in any public health facility and are currently discharging or referring patients on admission.
It would be recalled that since October 2017, the state government and the association agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU in a meeting brokered by NMA, with a timeline of implementation.
According to Joseph, the association had kept its own part of the deal while the government is yet to do so despite reminders by the association.
He said it also met with the government on November 25, 2019, and agreed to give it three months to implement the agreement, but also failed to do so.
