About 661 Clinical staff at University College Hospital, UCH Ibadan has resigned from their job between 2021 and October 2022.
The Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo who disclosed this at a at a media briefing to mark the 65th founder’s day of the hospital said majority of them relocated to other countries.
Otegbayo added that the development has been taking its toll on the running of the hospital.
“Every week, I receive about 15 resignation letters; there are more nurses than doctors and pharmacists.
The movement of health workers will continue for a while, I must confess, but the consequences are not going to be good for Nigeria because, in the next five years, we will feel full impart.” He said.
” The Federal Ministry of Health had already instituted committees to look at the retention of health workers.
According to him, the committee of CMDs of tertiary hospitals has also made suggestions on this to different committees, including asking that the government ensures full replacement of staff that left.
Otegbayo said challenges faced by the hospital in providing training, research, and health care services also included the high cost of diesel to incessant electricity supply from the national grid, bureaucratic bottlenecks in replacing existing staffing, and negative perception and high expectations from the public
