Members of the Nigerian Medical Association staged a protest yesterday
over the increased rate of abduction of medical practitioners in the
state. The doctors came out in large numbers for the peaceful protest.
Some of them were seen on their laboratory coats carrying placards,
others just held their stethoscope.
Former chairman of the NMA Dr, Ibitorukuemi Kurubo explained the purpose of the protest:
“When people are sick or when we want to take deliveries of babies we
don’t call security agencies to do it for us. For instance, Lassa Fever
issue is on. We are confronting it. Two doctors have died in the
process, that is our job. We are trained to do it and we must treat
patients no matter how deadly the diseases are because that is our job.
Security agencies in the state must rise up and do their job.
“The peaceful protest today is to send a clear warning that if there is
anymore kidnap of doctors in the state, NMA will take a far reaching
decision,”
The doctors marched to the police headquarters to complain about the
fact that twenty one practicing medical doctors in the state have been
kidnapped lately, eleven of them were kidnapped within the last few
days, one died in the hands of the kidnappers while others were severely
injured.
They met with the commissioner of police, Musa Kimo who sympathized with
them, and promised them that more efforts would be made to protect
them.
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