The Federal Government has ordered the sacking of striking Doctor across the country,this was disclosed on Tuesday in a circular by the minister of health Isaac Adewale.
The minister directed immediate replacement of the vacant positions.The minister also directed the Registrar, National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin, Lagos, Prof. Wole Atoyebi, to head a panel that would review postgraduate training of doctors in the country.
The Circular reads
“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come to the notice of the management of the ministry that some resident doctors in your establishment have voluntarily withdrawn from the residency training programme by refusing to report for training without authorisation.
“This is in spite of the ongoing negotiations on their demands put forward by the representatives of the National Association of Resident Doctor 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“In view of this development, you are hereby directed to replace all the doctors that have withdrawn their services, with others from the pool of applicants for the training programs in the various disciplines in order not to create ominous gap in training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. Please, ensure immediate compliance.”
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