The Chairman of the National Associations of Resident Doctors, NARD, Osun State Teaching Hospital, Dr. John Ojo has lamented overload of work which
He sought an upward review of the allowances and consolidated salaries of medical doctors.
According to him, “The health sector is at the verge of collapse. In most teaching hospitals, where you are meant to have twenty doctors you just have two or three doctors working. “The waiting time has increased for doctors to see patients and that is why you see patients throwing tantrums because they have been waiting for a long time to see a doctor.
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