Activities have been paralyzed at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH, Ado-Ekiti, as a result of emergency and indefinite strike declared by labour unions at the Hospital.
This followed report that some persons attacked health workers on duty and also vandalized some property at the Accident and Emergency Ward at the facility because they lost their father.
Addressing the health workers, the state chairman, Joint Negotiating Council, Mr. Femi Ajoloko said their lives were in danger due to incessant attacks on them by families of patients.
Mr. Ajoloko announced that the strike would not be called off until EKSUTH management and Ekiti State Goverment guarantee their security.
Other labour leaders who spoke lamented shortage of medical personnel in the hospital and called on government to do the needful.
Witnesses narrated to Radio Nigeria reporter that son of a patient who died in the hospital this morning ( Monday Jan 15) accused health workers on duty of negligence and incompetence which led to the death of his father, thereby destroying property at the hospital and also injured himself in the process.
According to report, the man, joined by his family and some drivers, chased away all health workers and took away the corpse without paying any medical bill.
