The Ondo State Government has refuted a report that it has sacked some medical doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital.
A media report said the resident doctors at the UNIMETH have been sacked following the industrial action embarked upon by the doctors of the institution. The report added that their sacking followed the suspension of the institution’s residency training programme from August 1, 2020.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Saturday, the government declared that the government did not sack any doctor in the state.The commissioner stated that the government would resolve the crisis with the striking doctors by Monday. “We wish to, therefore, emphasize that at no time did the state government sack doctors as the public is being made to erroneously believe. It should be noted that the UNIMED residency arrangement is the first since the establishment of the nation’s premier medical university. It is mostly undertaken by the Federal Government as many states do not find financial space for such.
He also explained that “the residency is a post-graduate programme usually sponsored by governments even as such beneficiaries render services for a specific period. In effect, doctors under the residency programme are more or less, temporary staff members who qualify as consultants after their period of training.”
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