Private hospital operators in Lagos State are learning to cope with increased patients‘ traffic trailing the ongoing strike embarked upon by medical doctors in the employment of the state since August 14. In spite of the increased pressure, some private hospital are smiling to the banks while poor patients now rely on God for healing, BUKOLA ADEBAYO, MOTUNRAYO ABODERIN and TAYO OTEGBEYE report
One man‘s pain is another man‘s gain is a saying that gives an apt description of chains of events trailing the ongoing strike by medical doctors in the employment of Lagos State. While the poor sick masses are groaning in pains, operators of private hospitals are smiling to the bank, wishing that the strike will last forever. And with the refusal of the state government to accede to the demands of the doctors, the business boom being enjoyed by operators of private hospitals is likely to continue. However, the poor among the sick will have to continue to wait on God for healing as the bill being charged at these private hospitals is beyond their reach. Though the private medical operators are making money, they are also contending with increased human traffic in their hospitals.
The public health sector had been paralysed since the doctors in the employment of the Lagos State government embarked on a strike action on August 14, to force their employer to implement the new salary scale granted the Nigerian Medical Association by the Federal Government.
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