COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF EMERGENCY
CONGRESS OF ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING
HOSPITAL (ARD UNTH), ITUKU OZALLA, ENUGU STATE, WHICH HELD ON SUNDAY, 15th November, 2015 AT THE ARD COMMON
ROOM.
The Association of Resident Doctors of University
of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State held her Emergency
Congress on Sunday, 15th November, 2015,
following the intervention of the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof Isaac
Adewole.
OBSERVATIONS
Members observed as follows:
1) That the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof
Isaac Adewole has in a meeting with the President of Nigerian Medical
Association (NMA), Sir Dr Kayode Obembe and President of National Association
of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Muhammed Askira, expressed his determination to
look into and solve the problems of the Nigerian Health Sector with particular
interest in UNTH, being the only federal teaching hospital currently
experiencing Industrial disharmony.
2) That the Honourable Minister in the meeting
made a passionate appeal that we restore services in UNTH while he wades
in fully into our demands, assuring that he will do all within his powers to
see that our demands are given the necessary and deserved attention.
3) That even though the UNTH Management has
acknowledged the genuineness of our demands/out cry, the major reason why the
strike action has been sustained till now is because we have not seen
appreciable intervention in the area of improving services offered and patient
care.
RESOLUTIONS
1) After painstaking deliberations, members
unanimously resolved that in honour of the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof
Isaac Adewole, and in obedience to the directives of the President of our
National body, Dr Muhammad Askira who has also shown enormous support to the
struggles of ARD UNTH, members have resolved to suspend the present Industrial
action with effect from 8am Monday, 16th November, 2015.
2) ARD UNTH succumbed to this intervention from
the Honourable Minister of Health as a mark of honour to his new office and
hope that the good will so generated by this gesture will culminate in the
Honourable Minister seeing to the speedy resolution of our agitations as part
of his first assignment in office.
3) Members appreciate the efforts of the present
Government of 'Change' ably led by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR in reforming
the health sector in Nigeria.
4) We appreciate the support and understanding of
the general public in course of this strike action. Our efforts are sincerely
geared towards rebooting UNTH for the benefit of both patients and staff of the
hospital.
Signed
Dr Ugwuoke Aloy Ifedinso Dr Ndiokwelu Chibuzo
President, ARD UNTH Secretary General, ARD UNTH
Dr Chukwuma C. Oraegbunam
Public Relations Officer, ARD UNTH
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