Doctors in Imo shut down all hospitals over police brutality - Photos

After the doctors/police clash that happened last
week in Owerri, angry doctors in the state have
declared a three day closure of all private and
public hospitals in the state to protest the cruel
treatment by the police in Imo & also the ill
treatment of Gov. Rochas Okorocha's
administration.

The doctors who protested last week against the
management of public hospitals and poor
treatment of health workers by the state
government, complained bitterly over the
treatment of the police during the incident in
which some doctors were allegedly shot by the
police.

The association said that the closure of the
hospitals was to express their grievances against
the action of the police and the management of
public hospitals by Gov. Okorocha.
NMA Chairman, Dr Hyacinth Emele and Secretary,
Kyrian Duruewuru issued a press statement. Read
it below...

"The association condemns the action of
the police, the police acted the script of
some government officials by shooting our
members on a peaceful protest",
"Contrary to the police claim that NMA
never obtained permission for the protest,
it was monitored by the Assistant
Commissioner of Police, Bisong and
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of New
Owerri, Eric Uchegbu, who came with six
vans loaded with armed policemen,
escorting the protesters",
"The police vans which have been
escorting them, at the Ware House
roundabout, turned against the doctors,
diverting them to end their protest at the
Freedom Square and not the Government
House as contained in their permit",
"At that point, the police, who were
hitherto friendly, threw teargas at them and
shot some of his members with live
bullets".

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