NMA condemns attack on FMC Lokoja, shuts down hospital

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Kogi State chapter, has reportedly condemned the attack on the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja by hoodlums on Wednesday.

This was made known in a statement jointly signed by the state Chairman and Secretary of NMA, Dr Zubair Kabiru and Dr Okungbowa Osaretin, respectively. They described the attack on FMC Lokoja premises as ”uncivilised and uncalled for”.

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According to the statement, “The hospital is where lives are saved; it is uncivilised for it to be attacked for whatsoever reason.

”The staff of the hospital had planned to have a peaceful protest over their safety in the hospital as a result of the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 in the state.

”However, before the protest could start, some unknown hoodlums stormed the hospital premises and disrupted the planned peaceful protest. This action has led to the total shutdown of the only functional tertiary healthcare facility in the state."

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The assailants had shot sporadically on arrival and thereafter carted away some laboratory equipment, laptops, doctors’ phones and other important documents.

”NMA Kogi State, believes that the action of these hoodlums is totally uncalled for and condemns it in absolute terms.”

The association also urged the State and Federal Governments to bring the perpetrators to book, while ensuring adequate security for healthcare workers in the state.

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