ABIA STATE: DOCTORS WITHOUT WAGES The Abia State authorities should hurry up and clear the mess A tragic misfortune has struck the Abia State public healthcare system. Last week, thr
A tragic misfortune has struck the Abia State public healthcare system. Last week, throngs of medical doctors marched to the Governor’s Lodge in Umuahia to protest over upwards of 25 months of unpaid salaries and allowances. The doctors have threatened that if their demands are not quickly met, they will return to Government House with corpses of their members now dying in large numbers because of avoidable hardship and poverty.
Unfortunately, what is happening in Abia is symptomatic of the situation in most of the 36 states in Nigeria where public institutions have practically been run down. We are only zeroing in on the state because of the critical nature of the sector involved in this tragic drama. In a state public healthcare system, doctors and other critical care givers are the arbiters between the life and death of the populace on behalf of the political leadership.
The hope for life in situations of ill health is embodied in satisfied doctors and other health professionals when they are up and about their business. The confidence in their carriage, the bounce in their steps and the overall contentment on their faces can sometimes restore hope to the afflicted and infirm.
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