The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti (EKSUTH) chapter have directed its members to proceed on indefinite strike.
The directive following the invasion of EKSUTH, Monday by some suspected hoodlums alleged to have made away with a corpse.
The hoodlums also vandalised some facilities at the hospital and stole the corpse suspected to be the father of one of the hoodlums.
This was contained in a letter addressed to the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Professor Kayode Olabanji and signed by the president of the association, Dr. Famous Adeyemi.
The letter reads: “The above named association write to notify you of the decision of the Emergency Congress held today to embark on an indefinite strike with immediate effect.
“This followed the actions of hoodlums who stormed the Accident and Emergency unit of the Hospital in the early hours of today and assaulted some members of the Association, destroyed several hospital equipment, properties and stole a corpse during the attack.
“This attack is happening at the time when our members are showing understanding with the State Government on the non-implementation of our demands on improved welfare vis-a-vis being faced with work overload and exhaustion, which is as a result of poor remuneration, pay disparity and the attending effect of local brain drain.
“We wish to use this medium to call on the management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSU(TH) and the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Abayomi to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice for their actions.
“We also implore the State Government to as a matter of urgency attends to our pending demands which bother on improved welfare of our members. We implore the management and the Government to provide a lasting solution to these.
“The strike will not be called off until our demands are met.”
Meanwhile, the management of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado – Ekiti has frowned at the activities of the hoodlums who vandalised the accident and emergency complex of the hospital and took away a corpse from the health institution.
While reacting to the incident, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Professor Kayode Olabanji who said in a statement by the Head Corporate Affairs Department of the hospital, Rolake Adewumi, stated that the management wouuld not tolerate any act of violence or mayhem being unleashed on members of staff of the hospital.
