The nurses at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State on Monday staged a protest on the premises of the hospital over the alleged beating of their colleagues by some relatives of a dead patient.
It was gathered that the relatives of the dead patient, who was brought to the hospital on Saturday, stormed the ward where the patient died on Sunday, beating the nurses on duty and blaming them for the death of the patient.
The patient was said to have passed away as a result of an ailment suspected to be coronavirus disease. Expressing their displeasure over the attack on their colleagues, the FMC nurses abandoned their duty posts on Monday to protest, chanting various solidarity songs.
The leader of the protesters, Mr Segun Francis said the protest was to show their grievance on the matter to the management of the federal government-owned hospital and that they want the management to take action on the culprit to serve as a deterrent to others.
