Some members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Katsina branch on Wednesday protested because of a police officer, who assaulted a nurse on duty. Katsina Post reports that one Umar Kanada, a duty nurse at Accident and Emergency unit of General Amadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital (GARSH) Katsina was allegedly beaten by some police officers who said to have brought accident victims to the hospital. Narrating the incidence with dismay, Nurse Kamaluddeen Kabir, the NANNM chairman GARSH said it is disheartened a security officer to harass health worker on duty whose mandate is to save lives. Kamaluddeen, who complained of the frequent assault on health workers by security personnel said it was becoming a menace in the health sector. He said health workers were severally assaulted and intimidated by security officers while in the hospital, adding that the menace had so much affected the productivity of the affected workers. “We, the health workers say this is unac...
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