Nigeria's resident doctors have threatened a nationwide strike over a draft health law that could impose up to six months in jail or fines of N300,000 for delayed emergency care, Premium Times reported. Unions say the proposal ignores chronic shortages of staff, equipment and power that cause bottlenecks outside clinicians' control. They argue criminal penalties would drive doctors abroad and worsen hospital queues. Lawmakers promoting the bill cast it as protection for patients left waiting in emergencies. Talks between the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the health ministry are under pressure. A walkout would hit teaching hospitals that already struggle to retain trainees.
Source: Premium Times