Jos University Teaching Hospital Blocked By Protesting Health Workers

The joint health workers union JOHESU of the
university of Jos Teaching Hospital JUTH have
today 1st August 2016 staged a peaceful protest
barricading the main entrance of the teaching
hospital and crippling its activities, it faulted the
insensitivity of the hospital management led by
the Chief medical Director, Professor Edmond
Banwat.
Speaking to the Plateau state JOHESU Chairman,
Comrade Mustapha Kabir, said that the union
had resolved to embark on a peaceful protest
today pending when their April and May salaries
are paid and also pass a vote of no confidence
on the top management for total system failure.
He lamented the non implementation of the MOU
signed at the instance of the minister of health
since they called off the strike on 6th of June.
Out of over 2000 staff only about 270 received
salaries and some were paid N500, N200 or even
N100. He called on the intervention of the
Federal Government as a Federal Teaching
hospital should not be faced with issues such as
this and further called for the removal of the
Chief Medical Director and change of the entire
management team.
A Doctor in the hospital also confirmed that it
was rather an unfortunate situation and it was
painful that it has generated to this, stating that
the entire management led by the CMD has been
Insensitive to the plight of the entire staff and
that for the past 7months the hospital has not
been effectively functional.
Another hospital worker also confirmed that the
hospital seems to be running to a halt as basic
facilities in the hospital are unavailable and
therefore most hospital services are almost at
zero. Most patients have to be taken to other
private medical centers for issues that are
normally resolved within and further confirmed
that some workers received as low as N100 for a
month salary after unjust deductions as only a
handful have received salaries.
As at the time of filing this report all activities at
the hospital was at a stand still as there was no
entrance into and out, even the medical students
writing their exams seems to all be on a stand
still.
The protest is schedule to last the whole day
with rumours that the doctors will also join in the
strike if issues are not resolved
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