A two-week-long mass strike by doctors demanding a pay rise from hospitals in the Nigerian state of Lagos, has taken a deadly toll on a significant number of patients in need of urgent medical care. <br /><br />Hospital staff say many patients have either died or continue to suffer as the strike by about 1,000 doctors paralysed the medical institutions. <br /><br />All of the doctors have reportedly been sacked for striking after the state government refused to give them the same salaries as doctors working for federal-run hospitals.<br /><br />The state of Lagos says it has recruited more than 300 new doctors to take their place.<br /><br />Yvonne Ndege reports from Lagos.
