The effect of the industrial action embarked by the medical and health workers union has led to partial paralysis of the health care at public health facilities.
Patients at most of the hospitals visited by Channels Television called on government and health workers in the country to resolve the matter amicably in the interest of the ordinary Nigerians.
Many other patients who are in critical conditions have had to seek medical help from private facilities in the Federal Capital.
The National Hospital located in Abuja is now a shadow of itself as medical Personnel continue their industrial action to press home their demand for better welfare package from the federal government.
The effect of their strike is biting hard as many patients appeal for a compromise from both parties.
A thirty-two years old man, Onuh Chris has undergone a major surgery that requires constant attention from medical personnel but has not gotten much of that since the strike started.
He has called on the government to grant the request of the medical practitioners in the interest of poor Nigerians who cannot afford the high cost of getting medical services outside the shores of the country.
Many Nigerians are hoping that both the federal government and the medical practitioners will resume to the negotiation table in the interest of the masses.