Strike In State Hospitals : Health Workers At Work, But...

Amidst threats of labour strike, serenity reigns in various hospitals as duty consciousness prevails for some medical staff.

All seem calm in various public hospitals in Yaounde as medical workers are on hand to attend to patients. Last Friday May 19, 2017 Cameroon Tribune (CT) reporters made a tour of some public hospitals in Yaounde during which it was observed that what seem to be a strike action by medical staff last week was dwindling into oblivion.
At about 3:00 p.m. last Friday, Jules Sauza, a caretaker to a patient at the Yaounde Central Hospital was seen happily moving from the hospital laboratory to the diabetic ward. In a chat with Cameroon Tribune, Jules Sauza said that which seemed to be a labour strike action has stopped because last week not all medical doctors were on duty. While sorting out his brother’s medical examination who is suffering from diabetes, Jules Sauza said he encountered some medical staff who angrily asked him “do not you know that we are on strike”. Jules said he was very surprised and felt they were joking because he did not understand why they were on duty but claimed not to attend to patients because of a strike action.
However, by Friday May 19, things changed as medical workers were effectively on duty attending to patients. Proof of this is testified by Mama Jeanne who came with a patient who was admitted at the La Garde ward of the Yaounde Central Hospital. According to Mama Jeanne, she and her sisters who brought their mum to the hospi...