UPTH Resident Doctors Join Nationwide Strike, Demand Release of Kidnapped Colleague
Resident doctors at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) have joined the seven-day warning strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
Salome A. 
Resident doctors at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) have joined the seven-day warning strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). This was confirmed by Dr. Dumbari Mbooh, President of the Association of Resident Doctors UPTH Chapter, to Channels Television on Monday.
The decision to join the strike is in solidarity with their colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped eight months ago in Kaduna. Dr. Mbooh stated that the resident doctors at UPTH were informed of the decision taken by the National Executive Council of NARD to proceed with the warning strike.
Dr. Mbooh called on the Federal Government to improve security and address other challenges across the country. He warned that if Dr. Popoola is not released by the end of the seven-day warning strike, the doctors at UPTH are prepared to join a full-blown strike.
A visit to some wards and departments in the hospital revealed skeletal activities, with only a handful of doctors attending to a few patients.
The President of NARD, Dr. Dele Abdullahi, declared the strike after a virtual Emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Sunday, August 25, 2024. He stated that the warning strike would last one week and be total, with no emergency care provided.
