Among the demands of the doctors are immediate implementation of the revised hazard allowance and payment of the COVID-19 inducement allowance as “agreed by government and healthcare workers” three months ago. Doctors Health Healthcare
This is certainly not the best time for doctors to embark on any strike. There is a very serious health challenge facing the country. Doctors are needed at this.
Among the demands of the doctors are immediate implementation of the revised hazard allowance and payment of the COVID-19 inducement allowance as “agreed by government and healthcare workers” three months ago. They also want an immediate payment of all arrears owed doctors in federal and state tertiary health institutions, arising from consequential adjustment of the national minimum wage.
There have been concerns over the plight of members of the association in state hospitals such as the non-domestication and non-implementation of the Medical Residency Training Act, the non-implementation of appropriate salary structure, non-payment of salaries and recently, the slashing of salaries of doctors and other healthcare workers by Kaduna and Kogi states.
It is heart-rending that medical personnel in Nigeria’s health system have been pushed to become accustomed to strikes without minding that lives are involved. Government is not helping matters. The Hippocratic Oath the doctors swore to save lives has been forgotten. Why is this ethical issue not considered at all times?
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