The Nigerian healthcare system was further weakened Wednesday as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) initiated an indefinite strike.

With more than seventy percent of trained or trainee doctors who provide services in government-owned hospitals joining the strike, patients seeking medical attention are grappling with uncertainty and distress.

WADR’s Abuja Correspondent, Usman Umar visited two health centres in the capital city, Abuja, from where he reports that the scenes were shadowed by long queues of apprehensive patients, struggling to comprehend the implications of this abrupt halt in medical services.

His report.