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A middle-aged woman reportedly lost her life in Nasarawa State as no doctor was on hand to attend to her, following a five-day warning strike embarked on by the resident doctors at the state government-owned Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia. The pregnant woman, whose name was not given when our correspondent visited Dalhatu Specialist Hospital, Lafia (DASH), around 3:30pm on Wednesday, was said to have been booked for a caesarean section yesterday. But the operation could not hold due to the five-day warning strike. She died while waiting for doctors to attend to her.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday extended the ultimatum it issued the federal government to meet its demands by another two weeks. The association gave the ultimatum in a communique issued after its virtual extraordinary national executive council (NEC) meeting. The communique was signed by the president of the association, Dr Orji Emeka Innocent, Secretary-General, Dr Chikezie Kelechi O, and publicity and social secretary, Dr Umar Musa.

The association said it held the meeting to appraise the level of implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with government on the 19th of May 2023 following the five-day warning strike embarked upon by the association on the 17th of May 2023. NARD expressed disappointment that its demands had not been met seven weeks since the end of the five-day warning strike.