Nigeria, March 7 -- The recurring blackout at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has once again drawn public attention to the fragility of critical infrastructure in Nigeria's health sector, with patients, students and Nigerians on social media lamenting the implications for patient care at one of the country's foremost teaching hospitals.

The development has also triggered fresh labour unrest at the facility. On Tuesday, The Nation newspaper reported that the hospital had been plunged into darkness following a five-day warning strike declared by its labour unions over alleged electricity rationing by the management.

The Council of UCH Union Leaders (CUUL), a coalition of 11 unions within the hospital, called the action to h...