The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has urged the National Association of Resident Doctor (NARD) to suspend its ongoing strike in the interest of the nation.
He made the call at Usman DanFodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto at the 20th annual general meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON).
Sultan noted that as a profession that carter for human health it should have exhausted all available channels of dialogue before embarking on the strike.
He said, “I’m a firm believer of dialogue, let me ask you as a doctor you took hippocratic oath to save lives, how will you feel when your patients die because you are on strike?” he added
He maintained that the strike is not the last resort saying the resident doctors should have consulted people like them who have the ear of the government before embarking on strike.
Speaking earlier in his goodwill message, the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said his government has prioritised the health sector because of the importance attached to it.
Tambuwal, who was represented by the commissioner of health Dr Ali Inname, said his administration is constructing a Teaching hospital, three specialist hospitals in the three Senatorial districts of the state to render tertiary health care delivery to the people.
He further stated that some general hospitals in the state have also been upgraded in order to provide better health care services.
He used the opportunity to announce that Sokoto state has recorded zero cases of COVID-19 in the 165 days.
Earlier the national President of APSON Prof Auwal Abubakar called on the government to establish specialist hospitals in the six geopolitical zones for the children.
Auwal said the call for the establishment of specialist hospitals for children across Nigeria would not only afford specialists in the field to address the increasing cases of trauma in children but also help in tackling the high mortality and morbidity rate in the country.
Prof Auwal who is also chief medical director of Federal Medical Center Yola advocated for the adoption of free medical care for children to improve on the nation’s health indices as it is done in an advanced nation.
In his address the Chief Medical Director of Usman DanFodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto, Prof Anas Sabir thanked the association for giving Sokoto a hosting right.
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