Resident Doctors of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo State have embarked on an indefinite strike amid rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state.
The Doctors who announced the industrial action through a press conference in Akure said they are being owed salaries for the last six months by the state government.
They also said they are unable to function properly because there is an acute lack of equipment to work with.
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According to the head of the the media committee of the resident Doctors, Dr. Olagbe Taiwo Paul;
“Our strike which has commenced today is total and indefinite till our agitations are resolved, all our arrears and backlog of salaries must be cleared with immediate effect and we are against any form of victimization during and after the strike”.
The doctors also demanded for the provision of personal protective equipments so they can attend to COVID-19 patients properly.
“Payment of all outstanding arrears dated from September 2019 till May 2020. Payment of 50% basic salary COVID-19 hazard allowance and insurance cover our members, as earlier promised by the Governor.”
We are subjected to a state of bankruptcy due to the impunity and managerial rascality and high handedness of the management of UNIMED”.