Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- (By Mariam Ileyemi, Qosim Suleimon, Chinagorom Ugwu, Fortune Eromonsele, Oluwakemi Adelagun, Saviour Imukudo, Anas Dansalma, and Pascal Ibe)

The nationwide five-day warning strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has crippled services in public hospitals across the country, leaving patients stranded and in some cases, desperate for care.

At the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, and the Wuse District Hospital, Abuja, patients seeking medical care were left stranded on Saturday as the nationwide strike by resident doctors entered its second day.

PREMIUM TIMES observed a labouring woman being wheeled out of FMC Jabi to another hospital after she was denied care. The two women accompanying her l...