COVID-19: Plateau Nurses, Midwives threaten strike over protection equipment

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COVID-19: Plateau Nurses, Midwives threaten strike over protection equipment

Nurses and Midwives in Plateau on Saturday threatened to withdraw their services from the fight against the spread of COVID-19 due to the alleged non-provision of Personal Protection Equipment(PPE) by the State Government.

The health personnel under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Plateau Council, made the threat at a news briefing in Jos.

The Chairman of the council, Mrs Briskila Dabit said, “Everyone knows about the danger of COVID-19 and it will be unfair on the side of government to expose our members to the virus without personal protection equipment.

Dabit, who declared “No PPE, Don’t Risk Yourself,“ however, frowned at the government’s exclusion of the association’s members in the Task Force it recently set up to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

She called on the state government to release the employment letters of successful candidates of nurses and midwives to help bridge the gap of health personnel in hospitals and isolation centres.

She also called for the implementation of isolation and barrier Nursing techniques appropriately as well as control Ward traffic by limiting the number of visitors to hospitals.

The chairman also urged the state government to;

When contacted, Mr Dan Manjang, State Information Commissioner, said that the state government was mindful of the danger of the virus to health personnel and had made adequate arrangement for protective equipment.