Nigerian public sector doctors on Thursday
suspended a nearly five-week long strike over an Ebola
outbreak which has killed two people and infected five
others in Lagos.

A statement from the National Medical Association union
listed “the incursion of Ebola into Nigeria” as a main
reason for suspending the strike.

The emergence of Ebola in Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s
largest city with more than 20 million people, has created
further panic over the worst ever outbreak of the deadly
tropical disease.

The densely-packed city has a weak public health system
which experts say is poorly equipped to manage a
significant number of Ebola patients.

Lagos state health commissioner Jide Idris late
Wednesday appealed to striking doctors to resume work,
saying: “We all must come together to address this
situation.”

The patient who brought the virus to Lagos on July 20,
Liberian finance ministry employee Patrick Sawyer, was
placed under quarantine at a private hospital.

But even the basic registration fee at a private facility can
cost roughly $200, a sum which only a tiny minority of
Lagosians can afford.

If Lagos sees more Ebola cases, public hospitals will need
to be operational if Nigeria hopes to contain a spread of
the virus, officials say.

Since the start of the year, Ebola has killed nearly 1,000
people and infected more than 1,700, mostly in Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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Now calling of d strike as a result of which some people lost their lives wetin dem don achieve, eyes on money not service.