The Nigerian Medical Association, Ondo State Chapter, has said that about 105 doctors have resigned from the state’s government workforce over irregular and percentage payment of salaries within one year.
The Association in a press statement, signed by the NMA State Chairman, Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe and State Secretary, Dr. Olorunfemi Owa, blamed the trend on irregular and percentage payment of salaries by the state government.
NMA leadership pointed out that some departments in the state-owned Teaching Hospital, which could hitherto boast of between 6 and 8 Doctors are now left with 1 or 2 Doctors.
According to the statement, “Consequential vacancies in the medical officer cadre need to be urgently tilled. About 50 medical Doctors in this cadre have left the employment of the Hospital Management Board without replacement over the last few months.
“Yawning vacancies exist in the Resident Doctor and Consultant cadres at the Teaching Hospital. These have remained difficult due to the haphazard safety payments.
“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 has a peculiar role in Health service delivery,” the statement reads.
