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The National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, tells TUNDE AJAJA why the strike action embarked upon by the members of the association has to continue as well as the reservations the association has with the state of the health sector
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people were hopeful that your association would shelve the strike action after meeting with the delegation of the Federal Government on Wednesday night, could you share with us what transpired at the meeting?
We have members who have not been paid salaries for four months. Those reading this interview could also put themselves in that situation and see if they would have the zeal to keep going to work. These are members who are in the first level after graduation and have worked for four months but they have not been paid any salary. So, is it the memorandum of understanding the government brings up from time to time that would
President of NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, made the call on the urgent need to ban officials from traveling abroad for medical purposes during an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja.
He said doing so will bring the desired improvement in the country’s health sector and also save the lives of millions of poor Nigerians who do not have the means of traveling abroad to attend to their health challenges.
Dr Okhuaihesuyi said: “If medical tourism is banned in Nigeria, it will encourage the public officials to be able to develop the health system in the country.”
Asked if that would not put many lives at risk considering the poor state of the country’s health system, and the fact that many people who embark on medical tourism do so for serious and chronic diseases such as kidney, cancer and heart diseases, among others, he said: “We have one of the best set of health workers in the world, and that is why most countries tend to scavenge on doctors in Nigeria.
Ondo govt to pay civil servants 50% of November 2020 salary
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By Dayo Johnson – Akure
Civil servants in Ondo state are to receive 50 per cent of their November 2020 salaries.
The leadership of the organised labour in the state said this in a statement issued in Akure, the state capital.
According to them “only 50 per cent of gross pay would be effected for all workers”.
The statement said: “You will all recall that earlier in the year, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu publicly announced that borrowing to augment salary payment was no longer sustainable as hitherto done.
“Sequel to the above, and in line with its promise to always carry Labour along in matters of salary payment, a meeting between Government and Labour held on Wednesday 27th January 2021 with the government side competently led by the Head of Service to look into and discuss receipts from FAAC.
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The Chief Medical Director of the University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital, Akure, Dr Oluwole Ige, has identified the paucity of fund as the major challenge facing the hospital.
He, however, noted that the management of the hospital had partnered the private sector to solve the challenge, saying the government could not meet all the needs of the hospital.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new initiative of the hospital, called ‘Health-wise Foundation’ which was developed in collaboration with a public relations firm, XMedia Group, Lagos, Ige stated that the aim of the hospital was to provide quality health care to the people.