The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Oladunni Adetola, in Abeokuta.
“Imagine
a general hospital having only a doctor covering it. Most of our
hospitals have less than half of the personnel they had about seven to
eight years ago,” Adetola said according to Leadership.
“The
laboratories are not equipped and common essential drugs are not
available at the pharmacies, thereby pushing the citizens to buy
substandard drugs from outside the hospitals.
“Series
of letters to call the attention of the government to this anomaly have
been written before now. The effect is glaring in the poor health
indices of the state.
“As a professional
body, we should justify the confidence reposed in us. Health is a right
and Ogun State citizens deserve the best. It was resolved at an
emergency general meeting of the association that members should
commence on a Monday and Tuesday strike every week starting from Monday
13th June till above mentioned problems are corrected,” he added.
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