UNIOSUN Resident Doctors embark on warning strike over hospital insecurity

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Osun State University (Uniosun) chapter, convened an emergency general meeting, to discuss the spate of insecurity in the hospital environment.

The Association described the working environment around the hospital as porous and life-threatening, adding that their members were daily exposed to incessant attacks by hoodlums.

This was contained in a statement signed by the President of the association, Dr Solomon Ilori and Secretary, Dr Felix Olaomi, the copy which was made available to newsmen in Osogbo.

The statement reads in part, “EGM noted that the protection of lives and properties of our members and hospital staff appear not to be on the priority list of the Hospital Management.

“The hospital is so porous that workers are easily exposed to life-threatening attacks from hoodlums. After exhaustive deliberations, the EGM made the following resolutions:

“The EGM demands that there should be the immediate provision of (a) armoured Tank, (b)presence of trained security officers (c) Security Post at both entrances of the hospital i.e. Ajegunle entrance and Idi-Seke entrance.

“There should be IMMEDIATE organisation and re-organisation of the security structure in the hospital to forestall recurrence of unpleasant and life-threatening attacks on hospital staff while discharging their duties. These should include (a) routine surveillance (b) continuous dissemination of security information to members of staff among others.

“The Hospital Management should set up a hospital-based security committee that will appraise and assess the security structures in the hospital on a periodic basis. The EGM demand that our members should be an integral part of this Committee.

“There should be training and re-training of the security personnel in the hospital premises; that the visitors’ inflow and outflow in and out of the hospital should be closely checked henceforth.

“In view of the depressing lack of security in the hospital, the association have to withdraw all forms of clinical activities in the Hospital, except for patients already on admission for the period of three days as we reconvene in a few days’ time to take further action,” the association added.  (Daily Independent)