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No fewer than 105 medical doctors have resigned from the the state health sector in the last twelve months.
This was disclosed by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday in a statement, jointly signed by the association’s state Chairman and Secretary Stella Adegbehingbe and Olorunfemi Owa respectively.
The medical doctors lamented the development, saying it was due to irregular and percentage payment of workers salaries by the state government.
The doctors who left have not been replaced by the state Hospital Management Board.
The statement reads in parts: “We have it on good records that about 105 medical doctors have resigned their employment from the Teaching Hospital in the last year alone.
“Ondo State has not been able to engage requisite numbers of House Officers since 2019. This has made our work almost impossible because this group of Doctors have a peculiar role in Health service delivery,
“It is troubling to note that only three House Officers are left in the service of the Ondo State Government across the three senatorial zones in the state.
“There is no gainsaying that the ongoing laudable efforts at having a Contributory Health Insurance Scheme in the state can only be successful it the urgent issue of manpower need is adequately addressed.”
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