The ongoing nationwide strike action embarked upon by the national resident medical doctors in the country on Wednesday suffered a setback at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital Complex, Osogbo as the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has approved all their outstanding demands.
Recall that members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in the university teaching hospital joined the nationwide warning strike ordered by the national secretariat of their union on Wednesday.
At the meeting attended by the leadership of the medical union and management of the teaching hospital, Governor Adeleke approved with immediate effect the payment of hazard allowance for clinical and non-clinical workers and equally approved payment of a percentage of residency training allowance for residency doctors for the hospital on an annual basis.
However, at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), it was recalled that on Wednesday, consultants, nurses and other caregivers took up responsibility of treating both the old and fresh patients.
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