Medical doctors on the payroll of the Ogun state government have issued a strike notice to the state government. They give the state government up till the end of July to meet their demands, or they will embark on a half-day duty from August.
The strike, according to the doctors, who are members of the National Association of Government General Medical Practitioners, will graduate into a full indefinite strike by September, if the demands are still not met.
The state chairman of the association, Doctor Oladunni Adetola, who issued the strike notice at a news conference in Abeokuta, said the condition of general hospitals in the state had become worrisome. “The condition in the state general hospitals across all the zones is weighing on the poor health indices of the state.
“Most of our equipment and machines are grounded. Suctioning machine, oxygen concentrator and suturing instrument needed for emergency service are not available.
“Some of the structures actually need to be demolished and rebuilt. A good example is General Hospital, Itori, which has cracked walls everywhere. Also, the progressive reduction in personnel arising from statutory and voluntary retirement of some staff has put pressure on the available health workers,’’ Adetola said.
He cited the example of the state hospitals in Ijaye and Ijebu-ode, which he said had 16 and 10 medical officers respectively instead of the optimal standard of 48.
“In addition, we have grouse with government over the wide disparity in our salaries from our counterparts in other health institutions in the state.
“We have written several letters to the governor and other arms of the state government, the latest being two weeks ago and no reply from the government.’’
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