The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State
chapter on Monday condemned the recent assault
on a female doctor by a patient's family at Maitama District Hospital,
Abuja.
A female doctor whose name was not immediately
disclosed at the Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, was allegedly assaulted
recently and stripped naked by the relatives of a patient (their mother)
following her death, as she was said to have had chronic illness.
A statement made available to journalists in
Lokoja, Kogi State capital, and jointly signed by the Chairman of the NMA
National Committee on Gender Violence, Dr Tijani Godwin, and Secretary, Dr
Nnanna Agwu, “condemned in a strong term the unwarranted assault on the female
doctor.”
The association condemned the assault on the female
doctor and the threat to the life of medical doctors by relations of patients
in Abuja, noting that this was not the first time such a thing would happen.
The NMA, however, expressed gratitude to the law
enforcement agencies for the prompt action in arresting the perpetrators of
such act, noting that they were currently in detention at the Maitama Police
Station in Abuja, and would be charged to court soon.
It, therefore, called on the federal government, states,
the Federal Capital Territory authorities and various hospital managements to
beef up security in health facilities to end all forms of assault on health workers.
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