Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- Public hospitals across Abuja and Lagos are struggling to function as the nationwide strike by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) entered its fourth day, leaving wards empty, critical services interrupted, and patients stranded

When PREMIUM TIMES visited Wuse General Hospital in Abuja on Friday, the usually active female surgical ward was nearly deserted, with just a few patients in sight.

Some patients lay quietly in bed, while others had been discharged earlier than medically advised. One of the affected patients, a woman who asked not to be named, said her son had to leave the hospital prematurely due to the absence of nurses to provide adequate care.

"Truly, it's not funny. Doctors w...