The National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard), which represents resident physicians in Nigeria, has called off its strike; work will resume on Saturday.
Dr. Emeka Orji, the association’s president, told the BBC that when the government approved the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund and officials evaluated doctors’ proposals for solutions to alleviate the impact of the brain drain in government hospitals, the doctors will resume their work.
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These are their two main needs, according to Orji, and they will evaluate any advancements made in two weeks.
On July 26, resident doctors—who constitute up more than 60% of the medical staff at Nigeria’s public hospitals—took a sick day.
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