Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- For more than two months, public hospitals across Nigeria have struggled to function amid an indefinite strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), leaving patients stranded, essential services paralysed, and doctors and nurses operating with little institutional support.

Visits by PREMIUM TIMES reporters to health facilities in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, and Lagos during the week revealed a health system operating on skeletal services, with laboratories, pharmacies, medical records, and diagnostic units shut.

The strike, which began on 15 November, stems from a long-standing dispute with the federal government over delayed salary adjustments under the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and wh...