Doctors in Anambra state, Nigeria, threaten to down tools following the abduction of a fellow medical professional. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Anambra says a member, identified by Premium Times as Edwin Emegakor, the medical director of Crown Multi-Specialist Hospital in Nkpor, was abducted by unidentified men in uniform on the evening of 7 May after he attended to patients. According to the NMA, the association is issuing an ultimatum for the doctor to be freed. The Punch reports the NMA says it will down tools if the abducted doctor is not released within 48 hours. Vanguard adds that the association will convene an emergency meeting within the same 48-hour period to review progress made in securing the doctor’s release. The reports describe the abduction and the subsequent threat of collective action, but do not provide details on the investigation, the abductors’ identities, or whether any arrests have been made.
Anambra doctors threaten work stoppage over abducted colleague
Doctors in Anambra state, Nigeria, threaten to down tools following the abduction of a fellow medical professional. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Anambra says a member, identified by Premiu...
- The Nigeria Medical Association in Anambra threatens to down tools over a doctor’s abduction.
- NMA says the abducted doctor is Edwin Emegakor, medical director of Crown Multi-Specialist Hospital, Nkpor.
- Premium Times reports the abduction occurred on 7 May evening after he attended to patients.
- The NMA says the doctor must be freed within 48 hours or work will be halted.
- Vanguard reports the NMA will hold an emergency meeting within 48 hours to review progress.
The Nigeria Medical Association in Anambra threatens to down tools if a member, a victim of a recent doctor’s abduction, is not freed within 48 hours. Read More: https://punchng.com/anambra-nma-threatens-to-down-tools-over-doctors-abduction/
3 months ago“An emergency meeting will be convened within the next 48 hours to review the progress made so far,” it said. The post Anambra NMA threatens to down tools over doctor’s abduction appeared first on Vanguard News.
3 months agoEdwin Emegakor, the medical director of Crown Multi-Specialist Hospital, Nkpor, was abducted by unidentified men in uniform in the evening of 7 May after he attended to his patients, the Nigeria Medical Association says. The post Anambra doctors threaten to down tools over colleague’s abduction appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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