Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday embarked on a seven-day warning strike to press home their demands over long-standing issues affecting the health sector.
The action was announced in a communiqué signed by the association’s president, Dr. George Ebong, and members of the executive committee.
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According to the doctors, the health sector in the FCT has been severely undermined by deep-rooted structural challenges that require urgent and comprehensive government intervention.
Dr. Ebong noted that doctors in the territory are being overstretched, often compelled to handle multiple departmental responsibilities simultaneously, a situation he described as unsustainable and detrimental to effective healthcare delivery.