Lagos state doctors protest non-payment of salaries.

Doctors under the aegis of the Medical
Guild staged a protest on Friday at the
Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital, Ikeja, over the non-payment
of their August and September
salaries.
The doctors who were seen carrying
placards around LASUTH are also
protesting non-employment of
resident doctors by the hospitals
management, and casualisation and
victimisation of doctors.
The Chairman of the guild, Dr. Biyi
Kufo, appealed to the state government
to accede to the demands of the
doctors in order to prevent another
round of strike in the state.
“We want the government to pay those
withheld salaries of August and
September 2014, to stop employing
doctors as casual workers which they
have been doing since 2012.
“These doctors on contract
employment have no career path, they
can be dismissed at the slightest
notice and we want them to resume
training of specialists at LASUTH.
“They are no longer employing doctors
for specialist training and given a few
years, there will no longer be
specialists to render services to
Lagosians.
“The government continues to
victimise doctors and we want them to
stop,” he said.
The chairman noted that the protest
was held to bring to the notice of the
public, the various acts of
victimisation and intimidation against
doctors under the employment of the
state government.