According to a source, hospital workers had to hide the doctor in a secure room to prevent further attacks after the situation escalated.
Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, Ondo State, have embarked on a 72-hour warning strike and effectively shut down services at the hospital and its Akure Annex following the alleged assault of a medical doctor by a patient's relative inside the facility.
The industrial action, which began on Sunday, comes amid growing concerns over repeated attacks on healthcare workers and what doctors describe as the failure of authorities to provide adequate security within government hospitals.
Sources who spoke to SaharaReporters said the latest incident occurred at the FMC Owo and Akure Annex, where a doctor on call was allegedly slapped multiple times by the wife of a patient before a group of suspected thugs was mobilised to the hospital.
According to a source, hospital workers had to hide the doctor in a secure room to prevent further attacks after the situation escalated.
