
The Founding father of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has urged authorities in any respect ranges and different employers of medical doctors to think about giving them improved working situations and higher salaries.
The eminent lawyer stated cleaners who work in hospitals within the Western nations earn greater than Nigerian medical doctors.
Babalola spoke yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on the seventh induction ceremony of the ABUAD medical medical doctors by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
Babalola, who bemoaned the poor remuneration of Nigerian medical doctors, famous that many medical doctors and nurses depart the nation because of meager emoluments paid to them.
The ABUAD founder stated the mass exodus of medical professionals has left Nigeria’s well being system in a precarious state of affairs.
He added that many public hospitals and healthcare centres had been struggling to deal with the scarcity of medical doctors, resulting in a decline in high quality of healthcare companies.
Babalola urged the federal government to extend the salaries for medical doctors and guarantee immediate fee in addition to present good working setting with trendy services.
This, the authorized luminary stated, would assist to stem the mind drain within the medical career and encourage medical doctors to stay in Nigeria after finishing their coaching.
He stated: “The explanation many Nigerian medical doctors and nurses depart this nation after finishing their coaching is as a result of the emoluments paid in naira are a lot lower than what cleaners in hospitals in abroad earn.
“Worse nonetheless, the medical doctors in lots of states and authorities hospitals haven’t been paid for a lot of months. I, subsequently, enchantment to authorities to extend the salaries of medical doctors and guarantee immediate fee.
“Lastly, I congratulate the newly certified medical doctors. On our half, we have now fulfilled our promise of getting you certified inside the specified time. Don’t lose hope, Nigeria will probably be higher.”