Medical doctors at Ondo Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have stopped attending to patients.

Ondo IDH is where patients that tested positive for infectious disease like lassa fever and coronavirus are treated.

State Secretary of NAGGMDP, Mr Tunde Olasakinju, who announced the doctors’ withdrawal of service in a statement, said it was due to failure of government to accede to their demands.

Among their demands were alleged government failure to conclude negotiations on the erstwhile suspended Minimum Wage and Consequential Adjustments already enjoyed by Non-Medical Staff Since January 2020, inadequate supply of personal protective equipments (PPE) and general welfare of our members which include Life Insurance for Frontline doctors.

According to the statement: “We had through the congress requested that our members who are the Covid-19 specialists in the Infectious Disease Hospital Akure to continue to work till Thursday morning, 2nd July 2020 in the interest of the general public and particularly confirmation of Covid-19 Status of Mr Governor.

“It is however imperative that our members be withdrawn immediately (from midnight today 6th July 2020) due to lack of the human face expected from the government.

“We are pained to have been made to do as such.”

The Nation