The Nation reports that a statement from the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) stated that the suspension of the strike was necessary in the wake of the latest Ebola threat.
The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, had late Wednesday appealed to striking doctors to resume work, saying: “We all must come together to address this situation.”
Many stakeholders have also called on the doctors to suspend their strike especially as the Federal Government declared the Ebola situation an emergency in the health sector.
The densely-packed city has a weak public health system which experts say is poorly equipped to manage a significant number of Ebola patients.
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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