Sunday, 9 October 2016

UUTH Resident doctors to suspend 2 month long strike

The strike which was embarked upon by the
doctors due to non-payment of salary
arrears » , will be called off as the hospital
management has agreed to their terms.
Speaking under the aegis of the National
Association of Resident Doctors in Uyo on
Thursday, October 6, the doctors disclosed that
they agreed to call off their strike as the hospital
management has agreed to pay their full
entitlements beginning at the end of September.
The president of the association, Dr Christian
Adeneye, said that their conclusion to suspend
the strike was reached following a letter from the
Medical Director, Prof. Etete Peters, promising to
pay them their salary arrears in full.
“We are calling off our two months’ old strike.
The Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Etete
Peters, has written to us about the efforts they
have made to ensure that we get our full
entitlements. Other issues will be resolved as we
go on, we believe,” he said.
ALSO READ: Doctors to begin indefinite strike
on Thursday, June 9 »
The doctors embarked on the strike in August »
following the hospital management's refusal to
implement their full emoluments as directed by
the Federal Ministry of Health and the National
Salaries and Wages Commission.

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