This followed its allegation that the hospital’s management had not yielded to any of its demands, despite a three-day warning strike that began on Monday.
The main reason for the action, it said, was the demand that there should be downward review of “arbitrary increase in the hospital’s fees” with its ripple effects.
The chapter’s ARD President, Dr Olubunmi Omojowolo, explained that the sudden increases in the hospital’s fees were driving away patients in negation of the hospital’s vision and mission.
He said: “The association is deeply concerned about the recent hike in hospital fees and the new policy, which states, for example, that patients must pay before surgery, even in an emergency. We deem this insensitive to the plight of Nigerians. The management should revisit the decision, given its attendant negative effects on the image of the hospital, residency training and, above all, the security implication.
“The management has been given four weeks to address the issue of gross shortage of working materials and consumables after which residents will no longer be under any obligation to work in such areas or circumstances. The situation is as terrible as asking house officers to buy working materials and consumables.
“Our residents are henceforth directed to stop compelling house officers to buy working materials and consumables.”
The union’s Secretary General, Dr Moronkola Ramon, said other areas of contention the association wanted addressed in the next 21 days include immediate withdrawal “of the contentious letter of employment given to new residents and a new letter issued with all the strange and provocative clauses expunged”.
Efforts to speak with the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Akin Osibogun, were unsuccessful.
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