Association of Resident Doctors of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAUTECH Ogbomoso has called on traditional rulers, policy makers, political leaders and other stakeholders to prevail on the Executive Governor of Oyo state Senator Abiola Ajimobi on the state of infrastructure and welfare of staffs of the institution
The Doctors in a press statement signed by Dr Sebastine Oiwoh and Dr Ayobami Alabi President and General Secretary respectivel also caution the the government against forcing the Hopsital to generate 50% of her revenue saying it will further harm the people of Oyo state rather than help.
PRESS
RELEASE BY THE ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS, LAUTECH TEACHING HOSPITAL,
OGBOMOSO.
ADVICE
TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT
LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso poised to
take health care in Oyo state to the frontiers of internationally acceptable
and reproducible health standards was established five years ago. She has strived
over the years to live up to the name and status inspite of the encumbrances.
LTH Ogbomoso in less than five years has put
Oyo State on the world map with respect to ground breaking researches,
internationally practiced medical and surgical treatment procedures as well as
citizen-acquainted service delivery. Some of the landmarks have been the recent
commencement of Laparoscopic Surgery in the hospital with success record; the
hospital strives to maintain world acclaimed teaching and service delivery
despite the inadequacies of lack of delivery as well as installation of
delivered equipment. We had hoped that these undaunted efforts by the staff of
the hospital would meet with encouragement from the Oyo state government but
this has not been the case.
Up till this moment residency training has not been funded by the state
government and this negates the tenets of the establishment of residency
training in the hospital as the right commitment by hospital management and
state government involves payment for examinations, update, revision and
management courses as well as research grants for each category of resident
doctors involved.
Dental building and other structures in the hospital necessary for our postgraduate
academic and clinical training are uncompleted. Magnetic resonance imaging MRI, which has
already been paid for is yet to be delivered despite promise of delivery. Fluoroscopy
alongside static X-ray that have been delivered have not been installed. The
large capacity dam as well is yet to be completed. These projects will increase
the IGR of the hospital if completed but to our dismay their completion is yet
to materialise especially in this era of drive for increased internally
generated revenue.
Salary paid has been in fraction even before the recent decision to
single us out amidst all hospitals under Oyo state for payment of 50% of our
salaries from January till April 2016 salary (which we got last week). The
hitherto fractionated salary is not the same as that obtainable in federal
teaching hospitals and this difference is in sharp contrast to the edict
establishing the hospital stating same payment as obtainable in federal
teaching hospitals.
Forcing the hospital to generate fifty percent of her revenue to us is a
deliberate attempt to increase the suffering of the masses as well as make
health service delivery totally unreachable and unaffordable to the teeming
populace as the hospital is being made to increase service care delivery in
geometric proportions and as such deny people health care with this leading to
increase in maternal, neonatal, perinatal as well as under five mortality that
are yardsticks for development both at the state and national.
We shall continue to advise the state
government against such decisions that will ultimately harm rather than help
the good people of Oyo state and Nigeria. We call on traditional rulers,
religious leaders, policy makers, political leaders and stakeholders to prevail
on the state government to pay our full salaries with its outstanding as well
as reverse fully with concomitant
payment of accruable arrears( January to April 2016) the recent decision to pay
half salary. Also the state government should be prevailed upon to complete all
outstanding facilities, structures as well as delivery and installation of all
equipment as these will ensure continued delivery of affordable, accessible and
acceptable health care being cornerstones to achieving the save a million lives
drive by the federal government.,
Long Live
LTH Ogbomoso
Long Live
Oyo State
Long Live
Nigeria
Signed:
Dr Sebastine Oiwoh Dr Ayobami Alabi
President General Secretary
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