Respite has come the way of resident medical doctors of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, OSUTH, as Governor Ademola Adeleke has announced payment of residency training allowance among other incentives for the doctors at the institution.
With this gesture, the doctors will not join their other colleagues in the proposed national strike.
This was the outcome of a closed-door meeting with the governor with the doctors where he approved the demands of the doctors that had dragged on for 12 years.
At the meeting attended by the leadership of the medical union and management of the teaching hospital, he also approved with immediate effect the payment of hazard allowance for clinical and non-clinical workers in the service of the teaching hospital.
Besides, the governor approved payment of a percentage of residency training allowance for resident doctors in the same hospital on an annual basis.
Reacting to the presentation by the President of the medical union, Dr. John Ojo, Adeleke further directed that all other operational issues raised by the union should be looked into with immediate effect.
He however charged the medical workers to reciprocate the gesture of the state government by re-dedicating themselves to service delivery.
Elated resident doctors at the meeting jubilated and appreciated the Governor for fulfilling the 12-year dream of the resident doctors.
