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The overworked members of the Association of Residents Doctors, Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State chapter, have asked the state governor, Seyi Makinde, to address the serious situation they are currently experiencing. The LAUTECH doctors expressed their concerns about the unattractive remuneration package and noted the situation in a series of posts on X on Sunday.

South Korea has suspended the medical licenses of two doctors, the Korean Medical Association said Tuesday, in the first punitive action over a month-long strike that has caused healthcare chaos. Thousands of junior doctors stopped working on February 20 to protest government reforms aimed at creating more medics to end shortages and deal with a rapidly aging population, forcing hospitals to cancel crucial treatments and surgeries including chemotherapy and C-sections.

Some experts suggest that one of the most effective ways to combat the growing spread of medical misinformation on social media is to drown it out with engaging content supported by science.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Joint Health Sector Unions have criticized the Federal Government’s ban on the issuance of leave of absence to health professionals going abroad. NARD and JOHESU said the Federal Government should rather address the attractions that cause health workers to move abroad in search of better opportunities, a trend […]