Assault: Doctors call off strike at teaching hospital after apology, management intervention
PREMIUM TIMES reported on Thursday that the resident doctors had commenced the strike after an elderly woman allegedly assaulted a house officer at the hospital.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that a committee set up by the government found the UUTH incident was not isolated, identifying 18 cases of assault, intimidation or harassment across federal tertiary health institutions in the preceding 12 months.
She also retracted the unpleasant words she spoke during the incident and apologised to the doctor, the resident doctors’ association and the hospital community.
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