Sequel to the industrial action
by National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Minister of Health, Isaac
Adewole, has ordered heads of its facilities nationwide to ensure that all
available medical doctors stand in.
The minister on Monday issued the
directive to the medical directors and the chief medical directors of federal
government owned hospitals.
Consequently, consultants,
National Youth Service (NYSC) doctors and their colleagues on internship are
expected to be on duty to provide health services at the hospitals to avoid
total breakdown in health care services.
The minister assured all
Nigerians that the federal government’s health facilities will be open and
render services to the people while the government continues to dialogue with
the resident doctors.
“Arrangements are also on to make
use of Armed Forces, Police and Federal Road Safety Health Facilities,” Adewole
said.
Meanwhile, the Minister has
announced a date for a meeting with the resident doctors.
The striking resident doctors are
post graduate doctors on training at secondary and tertiary health institutions
in Nigeria, especially teaching hospitals.
They are also under the
employment of the federal government during their residency training.
Achievable only in the zoo where amateurs would be asked to replace the experienced to also start facing the same problems that sent the experienced out, instead of solving the actual problem and retaining the experienced for a better health care system.. and you say such stupid government doesn't worth destabilizing
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