DELTA GOVT THREATENS TO SANCTION ABSENTEE DOCTORS, OTHER HEALTH WORKERS

Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, has warned that the state government will sanction doctors and health workers who abscond from their duty posts. 

Onojaeme said the warning had became necessary following reports of absentee doctors, especially consultants at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. 

The Health Commissioner, who disclosed this during a one-day working visit to the hospital on Friday, said the state government was spending so much on workers’ salaries hence would not tolerate indolent and lackadaisical attitude to work. 

He stated that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s MORE agenda frownef at workers who indulged in such attitude to work and warned that anyone caught in the act would be severely dealt with. 

According to him, “we got information that many of the doctors are not coming to work so I came to DELSUTH Oghara today for an on the spot assessment of the complaint I got. 

“I noticed that in Obstetrics and Gaenacology Department, for example, out of the 15 consultants we have only a handful of them that are coming to work and by extension there are 7 consultants out of these 15 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology that have not done one single case and I reprimanded them. 

“These set of doctors that are not coming to work will be severely dealt with because the Oborevwori’s MORE Agenda has zero tolerance for lackadaisical attitude to work. 

“Workers must come to work because the state government is spending a lot of money paying them and this must stop. 

“So I sounded a warning to the doctors and other health workers and even in the Pharmacy we noticed that there a lot of drugs that have expired and I have told them to keep proper record of their minimum and maximum stock to avoid wastage.” 

The Commissioner also inspected ongoing projects at the hospital and urged the contractors to continue with the quality job and ensure prompt completion of the projects.