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The Medical Guild of Nigeria, a body of medical doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government, has lamented overstretching its members on duty…leading to death of 15 of them in six months.
Following this, the Guild has appealed to the Lagos State Government to prioritise the health and lives of healthcare workers in general, saying it’s disheartenening to see that 15 doctors died within six months in the state.
The Chairman of the Guild, Dr. Sa’eid Ahmad, disclosed this during a news conference ahead of the guild’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, on Sunday, in Lagos.
Ahmad noted that the past year has been particularly challenging for the guild due to ongoing co-morbidities exacerbated by manpower bleed and the attendant severe overwork among members at service points, and several members’ deaths.
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“The intensity of the attendant sense of loss was probably brought to its peak with the tragic event of the collapsed elevator in the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, which claimed the life of our young colleague, the Late Dr. Vwaere Diaso.
“This was to be followed by end-on-end demises of some additional colleagues, sometimes, multiple over a few days,” he said.
Ahmad stressed that the sad events serve as an inescapable wake-up call to intensify vigilance towards self-care and deepen the level of engagement with the government to prioritise the health and lives of healthcare workers in the state./PLEASE SHARE
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