The Digest
According to Vanguard and Premium Times, Doctors in Lagos public hospitals have launched a three-day strike over unpaid salaries, severely disrupting outpatient care for patients. The crisis echoes Silencing Care—where healing stops not from apathy, but from exhaustion and broken trust.
The Key Points
- Doctors begin 3-day strike over unpaid salaries and arrears
- Outpatient clinics were cancelled across major public hospitals
- Silencing Care reflects medical workers' withdrawal under strain
- Emergency and inpatient services remain minimally staffed
- NARD demands full salary for honorary consultants and conditions reform
- Lagos government urges doctors to resume talks
- Patients report long waits and appointment shutdowns
- What does Silencing Care say about how trust collapses in our healthcare system?
- What are Lagos doctors demanding, and how is the government responding?
Silencing Care: When the hands that heal are ignored, they don’t raise their voice — they put their tools down.
The Sources
- Vanguard
- Premium Times
- Channels TV
