Patients groan as doctors’ strike enters second day
Patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital on Friday groaned as they were abandoned by striking resident doctors in the hospital.
A check showed that patients in critical conditions had to resort to alternative helps.
Mr Charles Benjamin, son to one of the patients at the Accident and Emergency Unit, lamented the adversity the industrial action unleashed on the health of his father.
Benjamin, who explained that his father was billed to undergo two surgical operations on Friday, noted that the old man was groaning due to severe pain the operation would have addressed.
He said he might have to take his father to a private hospital if the pain persisted to save his life.
He urged the Federal Government to address the yearnings of the striking doctors in the interest of the public.
A member of staff of the hospital, who preferred anonymity, said that many patients had been discharged since Wednesday before the strike commenced.
She said only patients with serious conditions were been skeletally attended to by consultants in the hospital. Punch
