On Thursday, Members of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives working at the General Hospital, Ilorin has resume protest over poor working condition.
Also, they complained of non supply of Personal Protective Equipment to safeguard them while treating suspected COVID-19 patients.
The nurses also said they worked two shifts of 10- 14 hours daily without provision of call food or allowances as being provided for some other health workers.
The auditor of the association, Funke Alo, added that designated pick-up points for workers on duty were few, which made workers go through stress before finding their way.
She said, “ The nurses are working under a risky condition in this hospital .
However, those at the Accident and Emergency ward are not given the Personal Protective Equipment to protect them against the danger of contracting coronavirus and we are not also paid hazard allowance as it is done in other states.
Though, efforts to get the response of the state government proved abortive as the state Commissioner for Health , Dr. Raji Razak, did not pick all calls made to his telephone while the text message sent to the number was not replied as at the time of filing this report.
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