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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Hundreds of patients were stranded at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, on Monday following the strike by the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, of the hospital.<\/p>\n

The patients who were at the teaching hospital for medical care were not attended to due to the strike.<\/p>\n

The resident doctors were said to be on a solidarity strike with the Kaduna State chapter, whose doctor, Ganiyat Popoola, was kidnapped in Kaduna in December 2023 along with her husband and nephew.<\/p>\n

Her husband was, however, said to have been released in March 2024,<\/p>\n

but Popoola and her nephew remain in captivity.<\/p>\n

The kidnappers were also said to have demanded N60 million ransom before they released Popoola\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n

Ganiyat Popoola is a resident doctor at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna.<\/p>\n

But at the UBTH, patients who were not able to access medical care as a result of the doctors\u2019 strike described the abduction of Doctor Ganiyat Popoola as unfortunate.<\/p>\n

A patient who simply identified herself as Mrs Felicia expressed dismay over the development, saying that she travelled over 11 kilometres to honour an appointment with her doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasted my time and over N3,000 to and fro transport to get to the hospital today. Today is my appointment date. Unfortunately, a woman doctor kidnapped since last year was still with her abductors. I really sympathise with her family and doctors in the country. This kidnapping of a thing is getting too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see now, we are not able to see our doctor today, and they said the strike will last for one week. I still appeal to the doctors to consider us by attending to us. Some of us are old,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added that she also defied the early morning downpour to find her way to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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