ABEOKUTA– Nurses at the Ogun state general hospital, Ijaiye Abeokuta have down tools on Thursday, in protest against an alleged assault on a final year student by a Consultant and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Adekunle Nurudeen.
Dr. Nurudeen was alleged to have slapped the student nurse on September 24, 2024 at the theatre, the incident which according to the protesters have not gotten any reparation from the government.
The nurses, joined by their colleagues from other parts of the state explained that the demonstration is to register their grievance and displeasure over an unethical practice of the Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon.
The state Chairman of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Comr Adejoke Bello, noted that the assault is against the public rule service and demanded that the culprit must be brought to justice according to the public service rules.
“The peaceful demonstration is to register our dissatisfaction and displeasure over an unethical practice of a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, Nurudeen Adekunle who slapped a final year student nurse precisely on September 24.
“This is assault and it is against the public rule service, this should not have happened under whatever circumstances. It is a gross misconduct for you to have slapped your subordinate at work. So we are here to say that the entire nurses in Ogun State won’t tolerate this.
“This ordinarily should not have degenerated to this level of protest but we have written to the appropriate quarters since last Monday and gave them 48 hours to address this unfortunate incident but we have heard nothing from them, especially the management of this Hospital, they have not called us, so we are left with no choice than to mobilise for this peaceful protest.
“We have told our nurses to go back to work but we have given the management of the hospital four hours to get back to us in black and white just as we have equally done to register our dissatisfaction over the poor treatment”, she said
Comrade Lola Falujo, the Unit Chairman of NANNM, State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, expressed her displeasure stressing that all sort of nurses bullying and threat, adding that the Union will not condole further assaults on its members.
“We condemned the action of Dr Adekunle who assaulted one of our student nurses and was even threatening him saying that if he heard anything about the incident outside he would ensure that the student won’t graduate.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, Dr Olayinka Elemide, while addressing the protesters said the government is aware of the situation and already taking steps to address the incident.
“The government is aware of this situation and already making steps to ensure that due process is followed. The doctor and the student nurse are both in the care of the government, so we are on top of the situation”, he added
