Physicians' strike irks lagos state
government.
Their major grouse with
government was a demand for
"Teaching Allowance" for House
Officers, who are doctors-in-
training, still being taught the
practical aspects of the job to
prepare them well for the
challenges of the caring
profession.
House Officers, according to the
Lagos State Commisioner for
Information and Strategy,
Aderemin Lateef Ibirogba, would
only be eligible to proceed on
National Youth Service Corps
based on their success at this
Housemanship.
The Doctors, he disclosed were
also demanding an increase in
their salaries without recourse
to the other professionals in the
public service system, despite
currently receiving the full
Consolidated Medical Salary
Structure (CONMESS), by which
the least paid among them (the
House Officers), receive over
N173,000.00 monthly
As at now, House Officers on Grade Level in
the
State take home a total of
N173,927.33, while Medical
Officers on Grade level 12, earn
between N207,629.75 and
N256,903.58 every month, he
said, adding that those on level
13 earn between N260,690.59
and N309,303.83 monthly.
Level 14 Medical Officers earn
between N312,883.83 and
N364,613.41 monthly, just as
those on level 15 net home
between N372,463.50 and
N444,311.58 every month.
"In the same way, the State pays
doctors on Grade Level 16
between N445,522.00 and
N531,205.83 monthly, while
those on level 17 are paid
between N534,594.67 and
N632,658.17. The Consultants
earn a monthly salary of
between N439,576.50 and
N801,985.09", he said.
Government, he explained, had
frowned at the habit of the
doctors of exploiting every
flimsy excuse to divert patients
from government hospitals to
their private clinics, most of
which were located close to
government hospitals under the
guise of ill-conceived strike,
adding that government was
committed to maintaining law
and order while making efforts
to protect who chose not to take
part in the illegal strike, as
adequate security would be
provided to make those who
want to work do so unhindered,
in this regard, doctors who
consider it their professional
duty to continue to work are
assured of adequate protection.
The Commissioner however,
assured that everything possible
was being done to ensure that
normalcy was quickly restored
to the health system and that
knee-jerk recourse to strike
action, leading to distress and
even death of citizens of Lagos,
would no longer be part of the
culture of the state health
service. the skipping has already been done
from House officer GL10 to medical officer
GL 12. and now super skipping to GL13.

Please they should state how much they pay Honorary consultants in their teaching hospitals .

Story, as if doctors don't deserve to live good life too. How many doctors will be able to give their children good education of their dreams with this over hyped salary scale?