Health workers unions at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja have threatened to withdraw their services if nothing is done to protect their members from contracting coronavirus disease.
The Chairman, Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, Comrade Obajemu Samuel gave the warning when he led other Health Workers Unions at FMC, Lokoja on a visit to the leadership of the organized labour in Kogi State
Mr. Obajemu told the NLC leadership that health workers at the FMC are daily exposed to the dangers of contracting the dreaded disease since there are no provisions for testing of patients to know their COVID-19 status and also the lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s).
He noted that doctors and other health workers at the medical centre are currently working at the risk of their lives and those of their families.
Mr. Obajemu said that if nothing is done quickly by the government and the management of FMC their members may be forced to withdraw their services or turn patients away from the center.
The union, therefore, called on the leadership of the organized labour in Kogi State to Wade into the matter before it gets out of hand.
Responding, the NLC Chairman in Kogi State, Comrade Onuh Edoka expressed gratitude to the unions and workers at the FMC for the selfless services they are rendering to the people of Kogi State, while promising to take their matters to appropriate quarters in the state, Mr. Edoka also appealed to the unions to exercise some level of patience in the interim.
The NLC Chairman said the people of the state and the poor masses for that matter would always be at the receiving end should the unions withdraw their services at this critical moment.