Some aggrieved nurses at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos State, and the management have disagreed over issues bordering on negligence, poor incentives and security lapses, among others, in the hospital. The aggrieved nurses said the hospital was paying lip service to their safety and welfare. They said on many occasions they had been attacked or molested by the mentally sick patients, the management looked the other way, leaving them to bear the expenses on their own.
The nurses urged the Federal Government to intervene in the matter in order to address their safety, work tools and incentives issues. They lamented that many of them had been operating under the atmosphere of fear because of the conditions under which they work. A nurse, who craved anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that they had been constantly attacked by patients because of loose security.
She said, “Many avoidable incidents are going on here. Most of our patients do not realise that they are mentally sick and wonder why their relatives bring them for admission. “As a result, they often go aggressive and fight us as if we are the causes of their problems.” She said many of such incidents had taken place in the hospital leaving
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