The Ondo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Affiliation has known as on the state authorities to sort out the issue of scarcity of medical doctors in authorities hospitals.
The affiliation stated most of the medical doctors within the state had gone overseas for greener pastures whereas some remaining in Nigeria had left the state for one more state.
This was contained in a communiqué issued on the finish of the affiliation's assembly.
The State Chairman of the NMA, Dr. Omosehin Adeyemi-Osowe, made the communiqué obtainable on Friday.
In response to the communiqué, the state had solely 22 out of 150 native medical doctors in recent times because of the alleged exodus of medical doctors.
The communiqué learn partly: “There may be an acute scarcity of healthcare employees within the state. Medical doctors have refused to affix the Ondo state authorities.
“It was additionally noticed that quite a few medical doctors inside the Ondo State Civil Service left for greener pastures regionally (neighboring states reminiscent of Osun, Lagos, Ekiti, Kwara, Delta) and internationally to African nations: Sierra Leone, Gambia, South Africa, and so on. exterior the continent: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and so on.).
“On the time of scripting this communiqué, there are solely 22 GPs at UNIMEDTHC, in comparison with the earlier determine of 150 GPs.
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