Patients lament as doctors’ strike continues in Abia

Patients in public hospitals in Abia have continued to bear the brunt of the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in the state.

A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the strike, reports a total compliance with the NMA directive at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) and Abia Specialist and Diagnostic Hospital in Umuahia.

The association in Abia had on Dec. 9 declared a strike but on Jan. 10 declared the strike total and indefinite.