Resident doctors begin indefinite strike in Ondo

Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo and Akure on Monday embarked on indefinite strike over four months unpaid salaries. The doctors had, last week, gone on a three-day warning strike which expired on Tuesday. Fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN begins indefinite strike ASUU strike: NUC, NLC ‘clash’ over industrial […]

Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo and Akure on Monday embarked on indefinite strike over four months unpaid salaries.

The doctors had, last week, gone on a three-day warning strike which expired on Tuesday.

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They said the strike had become necessary due to poor working condition, non-payment of salaries and COVID-19 allowances.

Addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital, Acting President of Association of Resident Doctors, Unimed Teaching Hospital Ondo State, Dr. Oriyomi Sanni said doctors were resigning their appointments in droves.

Dr. Sanni said: “We are short staffed; the resident doctors have been reduced in some of the departments. With this development, some of the doctors would have to do back to back calls. This is detrimental to our health. It is also not considered safe for the patients we are treating because we easily get overwhelmed.”

“So, we are calling on both the management of the hospital and the state government that they should come up with solutions to all these challenges. The most paramount is the issue of our salaries,” he added.