EKITI RESIDENT DOCTORS STAGE SIT-IN PROTEST, THREATENS TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF HOSPITAL!!!

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti, Ekiti state has decried the poor state of facilities in the hospital, which they say has led to increase in mortality rate.

The resident doctors who staged a one day sit at work protest also demand the refund of what they described as arbitrary deductions of workers salary by the hospital management.

The federal teaching hospital ido ekiti has been one major health facility serving the people of ekiti state and neighboring states. Resident doctors of the hospital forms bulk of its work force. but this set of health workers led by their president Ibikunle Augustine are threatening to down tools. its leadership state reasons like deduction of salaries.

Speaking at a news conference held at the alexander akinyele doctor’s longe in ido ekiti after the end of an emergency meeting of the association, the president of the association augstine ibikunle read the association’s communique with the mother of all being the immediate refund of january 2017 strike deduction on salaries by the hospital management.

The doctors also call for immediate attention on the poor state of hospital facilities.

The resident doctors have however threatened to embark on a prolong strike if there demands are not met in the shortest possible time.