Patients Struggle At UCH, Gates Close As Strike Disrupts Services

Following the seven day warning strike embarked on by Joint Health Workers Unions, JOHESU, patients at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan have appealed to government to negotiate with the Health Workers to end the Strike.

The patients made the appeal while speaking with newsmen at the Hospital.

Mr Matthew Ademola and Madam Aina Balogun said they couldn’t get medical attention at the Diagnosis centers as medical laboratory workers were not on ground to attend to them.

It was observed that the entrance gate to some areas in the hospital were shut.

In an interview, Chairman Joint Health Sector Unions, UCH, Mr Oladayo Olabampe said that the strike was only observed in Federal Health Institutions

Mr Olabampe pointed out that their demands included the immediate upward review of CONHESS Salary as it was done to CONMESS in 2014, Tax Waiver on allowance, upward review of retirement age of health workers to 65 years and 70 years for consultant among others .

Mr Olabampe who is also the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals in Oyo State noted that their demands is over due and if government failed to respond to their demands, the union would embark on indefinite strike.

The Seven day warning strike commenced on Saturday last week .