The management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu has reacted to the peaceful demonstration by the nurses demanding for sufficient protective materials, disclosing that the State Multi-sectoral Rapid Response Team including the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) WHO, UNICEF, other development partners and philanthropists have provided enough quantities of those materials for which the nurses demonstrated.
A joint statement by the management of the hospital, leadership of the nurses in the institution and Chairman of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Ben Asogwa, stated that “these nurses were a few who were apprehensive of their frontline status in the management of COVID-19 pandemic”.
While regretting the incident, the hospital management and leadership of the nurses assured the public that they will continue to render health services at the highest level of care as has been the case.The management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu has reacted to the peaceful demonstration by the nurses demanding for sufficient protective materials, disclosing that the State Multi-sectoral Rapid Response Team including the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) WHO, UNICEF, other development partners and philanthropists have provided enough quantities of those materials for which the nurses demonstrated.
A joint statement by the management of the hospital, leadership of the nurses in the institution and Chairman of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Ben Asogwa, stated that “these nurses were a few who were apprehensive of their frontline status in the management of COVID-19 pandemic”.
While regretting the incident, the hospital management and leadership of the nurses assured the public that they will continue to render health services at the highest level of care as has been the case.
The statement read; “The Management of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital Parklane, Enugu in conjunction with the leadership of the Nurses of the same institution regret what happened today regarding nurses who were demonstrating.
“These nurses were a few who were apprehensive of their frontline status in the Management.
“The Enugu State Multi-Sectoral Response Team including NCDC, WHO, UNICEF, other development partners and philanthropists have provided enough quantities of those materials for which the nurses were demonstrating.
“We assure the public that the hospital will continue to render health services at the highest level of care as has been the case.”
Global Times
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