Doctors
under the aegis of the Medical Guild staged a protest on Friday at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, over the non-payment of
their August and September salaries.
The
doctors who were seen carrying placards around LASUTH are also
protesting non-employment of resident doctors by the hospitals
management, and casualisation and victimisation of doctors.
The
Chairman of the guild, Dr. Biyi Kufo, appealed to the state government
to accede to the demands of the doctors in order to prevent another
round of strike in the state.
“We want
the government to pay those withheld salaries of August and September
2014, to stop employing doctors as casual workers which they have been
doing since 2012.
“These
doctors on contract employment have no career path, they can be
dismissed at the slightest notice and we want them to resume training of
specialists at LASUTH.
“They
are no longer employing doctors for specialist training and given a few
years, there will no longer be specialists to render services to
Lagosians.
“The government continues to victimise doctors and we want them to stop,” he said.
The
chairman noted that the protest was held to bring to the notice of the
public, the various acts of victimisation and intimidation against
doctors under the employment of the state government.
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