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Health
Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole
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Nigeria’s Minister of
Health, Isaac Adewole, has directed the chief medical directors and medical
director of federal tertiary hospitals to fill the vacancies created by
resident doctors who have “abandoned” their training programme by refusing to
report for work.
Media
report continues:
The
directive was contained in a circular signed by the permanent secretary,
Federal Ministry of Health, Amina Shamaki, and sent to medical directors of
hospitals.
“It
has come to the notice of the Management of the Ministry that some Resident
Doctors in your establishment have voluntarily withdrawn from the Residency
Training Program by refusing to report for training without authorization.
Public Service Rule, PSR 030402 (e) is relevant. This is in spite of the
ongoing negotiations on their demands put forward by the representatives of the
National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) under the auspices of the
Nigerian Medical Association.
“In
view of this development, you are hereby directed to replace all the doctors
that have withdrawn their services, with others from the pool of applicants for
the training programs in the various disciplines in order not to create ominous
gap in training with attendant disruption of health care delivery in your
facility.
“Meanwhile,
the ministry is working with the panel on the review of the Residency Training
Program in Nigeria, led by Professor Wole Atoyebi, the Registrar of the
National Postgraduate Medical College, to fast-track the development of a
comprehensive blueprint for postgraduate training of doctors in the country.
“Please, ensure immediate
compliance,” the circular read.
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