Kogi doctors lament poor pay, lose 10 colleagues

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The Association of Resident Doctors, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, has lamented the poor remuneration of medical personnel in the state-owned tertiary health institutions, adding that 10 of

them have been lost to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Kelvin, the non-payment of their outstanding salaries in January 2018, payment of 80 per cent of salaries from April 2020 to date and non-review of their hazard allowances reduced their take-home pay to below 50 per cent, compared to their contemporaries. The ARD president, however, stated that the Kogi State specialist hospital was still paying the doctors the 2009 circular.

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