Doctors’ strike gets timid response in South West region

BY IKOME CHRISTIE-NOELLA EPOSI and ESTHER QUI Following the call made by the Cameroon Doctors’ Trade Union, SYMEC, to observe the second phase of their strike action which was slated from May 15 to 17 2017 throughout the national territory, some medical institutions in the South West region especially Buea, seem to have given a deaf ear to the call. Talking to a doctor in a private hospital in Buea who preferred anonymity, he complained about the marginalization of doctors in the society. When asked whether doctors in Buea observed the strike called by SYMEC he said: “There is a…