The indefinite strike embarked on by doctors in Ekiti State has paralysed activities in public hospitals, as patients have been evacuated to seek treatment in private hospitals.
It was gathered that doctors in the 19 general hospitals, three specialist hospitals and 100 health care centres vowed that the strike would continue as long as the government was unwilling to meet their demands.
A relation of one of the patients, who spoke with our reporter, said the inability of the sick to access treatment in the hospital had brought hardship on patients. The doctors had accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of being insensitive to the plight of health professionals, alleging neglect of the primary and secondary health system.
Adeniyi said the recently-unveiled health insurance scheme by Governor Fayemi would achieve no result without a well- motivated personnel and adequately equipped facilities across the 16 local governments.
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