‘She Was Slapped Several Times’, Doctors Protest Assault On Colleague At FMC Keffi
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors(ARD) at the Federal Medical Center, Keffi on Wednesday protested alleged assault on a female colleague.
The protest at the premises of the tertiary healthcare facility was led by ARD Chairman, Dr. Dabot Thomas.
According to the ARD Chairman, the female medical doctor was assaulted along with an attendant.
Mr Thomas alleged that the female doctor was slapped several times by family members of a deceased patient in the medical center on Tuesday night, forcing the association to protest the assault.
He added that the association would suspend its service in the facility for 72-hours in protest over the alleged assault.
The protesters displayed placards with inscriptions which read, “Females can be doctors too and we deserve optimum respect”, “All this hard work? Wetin e get me? 4 hot slaps!” “Say no to the doctor’s assault. Let’s be guided” among others.
Speaking on the incident, the medical director of the hospital, Dr Yahaya Adamu, promised that management would institute an investigation into the matter.
Mr Adamu said the investigation would include security personnel from the Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Security (DSS).
The Medical Director disclosed that one of the culprits has already been arrested and in police custody.
Meanwhile, the committee of the House of Representatives on Health Institutions has condemned the assault on a female doctor by family members of a deceased patient at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Keffi.
Rep. Amos Magaji, Chairman of the Committee, made the committee’s stand known shortly after members carried out an oversight visit at the FMC Keffi in Keffi local government area of Nasarawa State.