Activities at government hospitals in the FCT was normal in spite of commencement of the nationwide strike embarked by the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD).
At Wuse and Maitama District Hospitals, NAN observed that patients were being attended to without any hitch or complaints.
A Civil Servant, Mr Kola Adewuyi, who was in the hospital, said he came to see a pathologist to get the result of a test he carried out two days earlier.
Adewuyi commended the doctors and Laboratory Scientists for their efficiency, expressing disbelieve that there was an on-going strike.
When NAN visited the National Hospital, it was observed that there was no sign of strike embarked by any health official.
Doctors and patients carried out their routine duties effectively.
Dr Haastrup Adetayo of the National Hospital told NAN that their doctors had no cause joining the strike as they were paid their entitlement as at when due.
NARD embarked on a nationwide strike due to non-payments of salaries and entitlements of its members in some teaching hospitals in the country among other demands.
It however exempted its members whose salaries have been paid in full (with100% skipping) from joining the strike while those who are getting fractions or no salaries were expected to continue with the industrial action.