In a circular released yesterday, June 21st, the Minister of
Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has ordered the replacement of all striking
resident doctors in the various government teaching hospitals.
The Minister said the striking doctors failed to attend
their training programmes despite ongoing negotiations and so their vacancies
should be filled up with other doctors that have before now sent in their
applications.
See the circular:
“It has come to the notice of the Management of the Ministry
that some Resident Doctors in your establishment have voluntarily withdrawn
from the Residency Training Program by refusing to report for training without
authorization. Public Service Rule, PSR 030402 (e) is relevant. This is in
spite of the ongoing negotiations on their demands put forward by the
representatives of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) under
the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association. In view of this development,
you are hereby directed to replace all the Doctors that have withdrawn their
services, with others from the pool of applicants for the training programs in
the various disciplines in order not to create ominous gap in training with
attendant disruption of health care delivery in your facility. Meanwhile, the
ministry is working with the panel on the review of the Residency Training
Program in Nigeria, led by Professor Wole Atoyebi, the Registrar of the
National Postgraduate Medical College, to fast-track the development of a
comprehensive blueprint for postgraduate training of doctors in the country.
Please, ensure immediate compliance.”
Culled from Vanguard
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