Doctors in government hospitals have suspended the strike they embarked upon over 5-weeks ago.
The health practitioners said they took the action on compassion grounds over an Ebola outbreak which has killed two people and infected five others in Lagos.
A statement from the Nigeria Medical Association listed “the incursion of Ebola into Nigeria” as a main reason for suspending the strike.
The emergence of Ebola in Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city with more than 20 million people, has created further panic over the worst ever outbreak of the deadly tropical disease.
It would be recalled that governors in the south west region gathered yesterday in Lagos to collectively wage war against the deadly virus.
Governors who attended the crucial meeting were the host Governor, Babatunde Fashola; Olusegun Mimiko(Ondo); Ibikunle Amosun(Ogun); Kayode Fayemi(Ekiti); and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Moses Adeyemo.
They said the Federal Government must assist the states by ensuring that all the nation’s borders in the zone were effectively policed to ensure that Ebola virus did not get into their states.
Fashola, at a news conference said the meeting afforded them the opportunity to share experiences and seek collaborative efforts to prevent the spread of the virus in the zone.
He said, “The meeting addressed issues of containment and the challenges of illegal borders.
“We also discussed possible support by the Federal Government and coordination among states. We feel that it is imperative that our collaboration suggests to us that Nigerians should not panic and that we would overcome this with the very best practices and collaboration.
“It is important therefore that advocacy must continue about what the risks are and the sources are.”
