
Nigeria doctors are on strike amid an exodus of talent, but abandoned patients fight for their lives
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Emmanuel Agbenro sits helplessly inside his sparsely-decorated ward at a hospital in Nigeria. He is supposed to be having treatment for colon cancer but doctors in Nigeria have downed tools in a nationwide strike over better pay and conditions.
"I'm only surviving by faith," said Agbenro, who is supposed to be starting a second round of chemotherapy at the state-run National Hospital in the capital Abuja. He says he has received no treatment since August 2. "Since the strike started, no doctor has come to check on me. I'm only surviving by faith," Agbenro told CNN.More Related News