The National President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Bala Audu, has lauded the Ogun State Government for its various programmes and policies aimed at improving healthcare delivery to its citizens.
He also called for the full implementation of the ongoing review of doctors’ salaries and retirement age by the National Council on Health, with a view to reducing the dwindling number of medical personnel in hospitals as a result of the ‘Japa’ syndrome.
Prof. Audu and his team, who were in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, for the National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting of the Association, paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, in her office in Abeokuta.
He noted that the rate at which medical personnel were leaving the country was on the high side and becoming worrisome.
Consequently, many states that had advertised for doctors and medical personnel were unable to get applicants because of migration in search of greener pastures.
He therefore advocated the review of doctors’ and medical personnel’s salaries and retirement age, particularly for those working in hospitals and offering clinical services.
(The News)
