Relatives of a Sickle Cell patient at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan have reportedly assaulted a doctor attending to the patient at the hospital.
The development led the resident doctors under the auspices of Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the University College Hospital, UCH, to commence a three-day strike.
The strike according to the doctors was to register their displeasure over the incident.
ARD President, Dr. John Oladapo told a journalist on Thursday that the doctors are demanding a public apology from the people who assaulted their member, inflicting injuries on him on Sunday.
Oladapo also appealed to the hospital management to improve its security architecture to avoid future occurrences in the hospital.
He said, “On Sunday, one of our members was the target of a deliberate, premeditated, planned rage and furious assault by a patient’s relation.
“The doctor was seeing a known Sickle Cell patient in painful crisis at the Emergency Department when the two men accosted him in the consulting room and started beating him up.
“The mother of the patient being seen who tried to intervene was also beaten up in this assault. In the doctor’s attempt to escape, the men chased him down and beat him up.
“The security officers of the hospital intervened and rescued our member, but not before he sustained injuries as well as mental health and esteem”.
Kazeem Badmus is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience. A professional in journalism and media writing, Kazeem prioritses accuracy and factual reportage of issues. He is also a dexterous finder of the truth with conscious delivery of unbiased and development oriented stories.
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