Gombe Explosion: Doctors overwhelmed – NMA boss

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), GombeState
Chapter, has called on members of the Joint Health
Sector Union (JOHESU) in the state, to suspend its strike
and attend to victims of recent bomb blasts in the state.
Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr. Adamu Danladi made
the call while speaking with newsmen in Gombe on
Sunday.
He said doctors in the state had been making frantic
efforts to attend to victims, but that the work was
overwhelming as they were performing the jobs of
almost every health worker.
According to him, members of the union have been
working overnight, performing surgeries on the victims
and other patients at the Specialists Hospital, Gombe.
Danladi refuted a report in one of the National Dailies to
the effect that victims of the blasts were not being
treated at the hospital because doctors were on strike.
"All the patients in the hospital now are being attended
to by the doctors as all other workers in the health
sector are on strike.
"We are not happy for the report which said we are on
strike because we are the only health workers that are
performing our duties.
"Actually we are overwhelmed and we want everybody to
come and assist the victims.
"They (victims) are our brothers and sisters, so we
should come and assist,." he said.
Also commenting on the issue, Consultant Surgeon, Dr
Adesina Opoola, said the victims were received and
attended to by all doctors up to 2 p.m., but said they
needed more hands as the work was overwhelming.
Reports have it that Gombe metropolis recorded two
incidents of suicide bombing last week
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