UUTH CMD URGES STRIKING DOCTORS TO RESUME WORK, WARNS OF RISKS TO PATIENTS’ LIVES. (PHOTO).
UUTH CMD Urges Striking Doctors to Resume Work, Warns of Risks to Patients’ Lives The Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof. Ememabasi Bassey, has appealed to medical doctors at the facility to immediately suspend their ongoing strike and resume duty in order to save lives. Prof. Bassey made the call on Wednesday during a press conference held in Uyo. The strike by doctors at the teaching hospital was triggered by the alleged invasion of the facility by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in search of Prof. Effiong Ekpe, Deputy Chairman of the Medical Advisory Council. According to reports, the EFCC team was at the hospital over allegations that Prof. Ekpe delayed the authentication of a medical report connected to an ongoing investigation. Bassey urged the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to call off the industrial action, stressing that continued paralysis of services at the hospital could lead to the loss ...
