Nigeria, March 9 -- The South East Caucus of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has condemned the physical assault on a resident doctor at the Accident and Emergency Department of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Anambara State, Awka, warning that failure to adequately address the incident may trigger coordinated industrial action across the region.

The caucus disclosed this in a communique shared on its X account on Sunday following an emergency meeting held on Friday, 6 March 2026.

According to the statement, the assault occurred on 4 March while the doctor was actively attending to patients during a mass casualty situation.

In its communique, the South East Caucus described the atta...