DOCTORS STRIKE; a voice of reason.

    Anyone who thought I would say nothing about the most recent strike action by doctors in Nigeria obviously does not know me very well. But what I have to say might surprise you. After I hunted down the detailed copy of the agenda, did a research on the history of medicine and the history of NMA strikes in Nigeria these are my conclusions;

     I will  begin by mentioning  that the various health service professionals swear an oath, the doctors, the medical laboratory scientist, nurses, pharmacist e.t.c different oaths with the same promise; to put the patient first, and do him no conscious harm. This has then left most people wondering why, if they all want the same thing, if they work together for the same cause , do they then turn their arms on themselves and let that which they  have sworn to preserve continue to suffer?. It is okay for a child who has worked hard to demand his own reward, but he cannot demand his reward and dictate the rewards of even the least of his siblings simultaneously. Greed might be permissible but oppression cannot be excused.

        So here we are again, facing another of many come, gone and to come medical service interruptions. To put it in the context of George Orwell's animal farm,  in the equality of animals  some animals are more equal than others, but this does not mean the more equal should coercively intimidate and oppress the unequal. We who question why,  do not write off the Nigerian medical Association's twenty four point agenda as baseless, but we question it's necessity. we also wonder if some of this demands that obviously infringe on the needs of other professional health workers is approved, wouldn't we be expecting another strike action by the aggrieved parties next? and if that might be the case, will this chaos ever end?