Panic as JUTH sacks 25 resident doctors

“It is sad that this sack is occurring in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic when the Federal Government is even considering recalling retired doctors to the workforce.' JUTH ResidentDoctors Residency Nigeria Covid19 Coronavirus

about the disengagement of the resident doctors was causing panic at the hospital, which is one of the isolation centres for coronavirus disease patients in the state.

Lukden said, “It is true; 25 residents received letters of termination of their residency training and we have information that some will receive theirs in the weeks/months to come. We have not seen this kind of thing before.” In the letter signed by Lukden and the General Secretary, Dr. Noel Nnaegbuna, the medics noted that the Medical Residency Training Act 2017, which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari and gazetted on July 16, 2018, stipulated guidelines on the conduct of residency training programme in the country.

The letter dated May 4, 2020, which was copied to the Board Chairman of JUTH, Medical Advisory Council , Nigerian Medical Association , among others read in part: “It is sad that this sack is occurring in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic when the Federal Government is even considering recalling retired doctors to the workforce.

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