The doctors under the aegis of National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners, who had been on strike for over three weeks, said something urgent needed to be done to save the situation.
Medical doctors in Ekiti have accused the state government of making their professions unattractive to fresh graduates and health professionals, who were now leaving the state to seek greener pastures elsewhere over the non-payment of their benefits.
He said,"So, the doctors were left with no other option than to embark on the industrial action due to the government's failure to respond to our demands. “While out of another set of 20 doctors employed in 2018, six are left and out of 20 specialists, I mean the consultants employed cumulatively since only five are left and many more are only waiting for opportunities to leave.”
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