The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the service of the Kogi State Government has expressed their displeasure over the non-implementation of the approved new salary structure, CONMESS 2024.
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Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has announced that, from Dec. 1, medical doctors in state-owned hospitals will receive the same salary as their counterparts in federal institutions.
The Abia Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has identified scarcity of equipment, human and material resources, and long working hours as major challenges hindering doctors’ optimal performance.
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) doctors are forced to pay an accommodation fee of N200,000 before they can secure housing at the hospital’s House Officers’ Quarters.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has urged the government to stop preferential treatment of doctors in the health sector to ensure full implementation of universal health coverage in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Anambra Branch has directed its members to withdraw their services in all private and public hospitals in the state with immediate effect.
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, has joined the nationwide solidarity march of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over prolonged captivity of one of its member, Dr Popoola Ganiyat.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has stated that the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration will help bring back Nigerian healthcare professionals, including doctors currently working in Diaspora.
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Anambra State Chapter, has condemned the continued harassment of doctors practising in the state by patients and their relations.
Doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild have appealed to the Lagos State Government to expedite the implementation of the reviewed Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS) for medical doctors in the state.