A medical doctor allegedly assaulted a nurse identified as, Habiba Gana at Abaji General Hospital recently. She reportedly complained to the doctor about the manner he handled a woman in labour, but he did not take the criticism lightly and started beating the nurse.


"The nurse asked the doctor to be more cautious in handling the woman who was in labour pains for hours but the doctor got angry and pounced on the nurse," he said.

The development which started at around 5a.m. before the arrival of some personnel at the hospital crippled the day’s activities leading to confusion, the source said.

After the fracas, the FCT chairperson of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM),  Deborah Yusuf, who led some executives of the association to the hospital ordered its members to down tools till justice is done to their member.

The source said the association would not tolerate ill treatment of any of its members on line of duty. It was further gathered that the Federal Capital Territory Health Secretariat has since visited the hospital and assured the nurses that it would look into the matter, according to Daily Trust.

The doctor has been asked to report at the FCT health secretariat in Abuja daily, for six weeks pending the conclusion of investigation into the incident.