Workers union on the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, on Monday started a 72-hour warning strike over an alleged stabbing of a medical laboratory scientist by a affected person’s relative.
The Chairman of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), FMC Abeokuta, Abiodun Famuyiwa, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Abeokuta.
Mr Famuyiwa mentioned the strike concerned workers within the centre, excluding medical doctors, following an alleged stabbing of the scientist whereas on obligation on Sunday night time.
“Mr Olasunkanmi Lawal, a medical laboratory scientist, was stabbed in two locations, together with the top, with an object, and he’s now receiving therapy on the hospital.
“The incident has been reported to the police and referred to the appropriate authorities for further action,” he mentioned.
He described the incident as an unacceptable act of violence in opposition to a healthcare employee performing his official duties.
He expressed concern over the protection of healthcare professionals within the hospital, saying that no employee needs to be subjected to bodily assaults whereas offering important medical providers.
He additionally demanded that the incident be investigated and the alleged assailant be prosecuted in accordance with the legislation.
The MHWUN chairman urged the administration to evaluation and strengthen current preparations, significantly in medical and laboratory areas, emergency items, and different weak areas.
He added that the warning strike was supposed to precise members’ displeasure, demand accountability, and compel the administration to deal with their safety considerations.
Meanwhile, the unions, working below the Joint Action Committee (JAC), additionally introduced the commercial motion ready letter dated 12 October and addressed to the Medical Director of the hospital.
The letter acknowledged that the strike commenced at 11 a.m. on Monday and was scheduled to finish at 8 a.m. on Thursday.
NAN experiences that the letter was endorsed by representatives of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), MHWUN, and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM),
Others are the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research and Allied Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI), and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU).
The letter learn: “This barbaric act of violence in opposition to a healthcare employee finishing up his skilled accountability is condemnable and should not be handled with levity.
‘We contemplate this incident a severe assault on the dignity, security, and welfare of healthcare professionals who dedicate their time, information, and vitality to offering important medical providers to sufferers and the general public.
“It is deeply disturbing {that a} facility established to protect life and promote therapeutic has change into a spot the place healthcare workers could also be subjected to bodily assaults whereas discharging their lawful duties.
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“No healthcare employee deserves to be threatened, assaulted, or stabbed in the middle of offering care.
“Disagreement, frustration, or dissatisfaction with any service rendered in the hospital cannot justify violence under any circumstance.”
It additionally acknowledged that the incident was not merely an assault on the affected medical laboratory scientist, however an assault on the complete workforce of the centre.
“An injury to one member of our professional community is a matter of collective concern, and we cannot remain silent while the safety of our member is placed in jeopardy,” it acknowledged.
(NAN)
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