Medical Standstill: Ondo Doctors Stage Warning Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

• Ondo Doctors Stage Warning Strike Over Unpaid Salariess.

• Protest held on hospital premises; members determined to halt activities until demands addressed.

• President of UNIMEDTH ARD, Dr. John Matthew, voices grievances, citing non-payment of salaries and staff shortage.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo State has initiated a 14-day warning strike due to the non-payment of seven months’ salaries to their new members.

During a mini protest held on the facility’s premises on Tuesday, members of the association expressed their determination to halt activities at the government-owned medical facility until their demands are addressed.

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Dr. John Matthew, the President of the UNIMEDTH ARD, voiced grievances to journalists during the protest, highlighting the failure to disburse entitlements to their members.

Ondo Doctors

He said  “We demand full payment of the arrears of salaries owed to our members and payment of  February 2024  palliative to our House Officers.

“the management should pay the February hazard allowance to our members and urgently address the severe clinical manpower shortage in the institution.

Our members work everyday. There are no staff due to Japa syndrome.”

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This online media platform gathered that the state chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association had called on the state government to address the issue of shortage of resident doctors in state-owned hospitals.

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