Nigeria, June 2 -- Doctors employed at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, and its Akure Annex have commenced a 72-hour warning strike following the alleged assault of a medical doctor by a patient's relative within the hospital premises on Sunday.

The industrial action was declared by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FMC Owo, after a doctor on duty was reportedly attacked while attending to patients.

The wife of a patient was said to have assaulted the doctor on duty at the hospital.

Some individuals reportedly later stormed the facility in search of the doctor, forcing staff members to move him to a secure location within the hospital.

In a communique signed by the association's President, Dr. Adeola Oluwadamilola, and ...