aletheia:
Such a silly question. Next time you fall ill, go and consult a roadside mechanic. It is just such moronic opinions that are egging the LASG on. Let me tell you the next phase: watch as the doctors deploy the "nuclear" option and work becomes grounded in ALL hospitals both state and federal in Lagos; then you will know why doctors earn more all over the world and not just in Nigeria alone.

abegi jare. . .there is nothing you want to tell me about doctors.If working for government is not ok for you,why not move to the private sector ? So people should continue to die because our doctors are poor abi ? Do you presently force your employer to pay you according to what is obtainable around the world ?

The problem is that most of these doctors believe they should be millionaires from working in govt hosp and that's not possible .... Can U imagine house officers in Lagos asking for teaching allowee ...I support Fashola and pray he doesn't back down .. Any doctor that wants to live in VGC should go and open his own hospital and leave LASG hosps alone pls ...Afterall LASG hosp are there to provide welfarist treatment to low income Lagosian ...

I see that a whole load of people here are busy spewing falsehood they probably gleaned from reading the posts of other ignorant beings out there

a) Lagos State does not have to be involved in the National Base wage negotiations. Lagos state is an entity UNDER the Federal government and so is mandated to comply with Federal laws

b) Lagos State already pays over the National set minimum wage.

c) The Doctors are agitating for implementation of other federal standard wage agreements, as contained in the CONMESS agreement,at the state level. This is not about the minimum wage bill.

d) The CONMESS agreement cannot make any one physician rich over night, and probably does not give them more than they deserve really. If anything, having a standardized pay system will go a long way in helping boast Health Care both at Federal and state levels.

As much as I don't support the idea of sacking these doctors over labour and wage issue, I think the doctors have used this blackmail - strike, one too many. It's time someone calls their bluff.

That said, 'repentant' doctors can also re-apply. Those out of job will always be welcome in emerging states like Enugu, Imo, Calabar, Akwa-Ibom. They should head down south - without the strike baggage of course!

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abegi jare. . .there is nothing you want to tell me about doctors.If working for government is not ok for you,why not move to the private sector ? So people should continue to die because our doctors are poor abi ? Do you presently force your employer to pay you according to what is obtainable around the world ?

thank you jare, seems the doctors on this thread reason with their an.us.
They can't even stand a civil discussion on a forum, quick to call anyone that is against their views a slowpoke, daft, stupid e.t.c just as sexywale mentioned, they should resign and take up appointment in bauchi or osun. Must they work in Lagos. Fashola carry go jooor, residents of Lagos are behind you. Eko o ni baje....

It is said that the average Lagos state doctor sees up to 50 patients daily.

I can't help but laugh when I read this. they see the patients alright, but does that mean that this patient were treated? Even I can "See" 100 patients in a day.

Don't mind the fools. Who is more important between teacher and a doctor? What is more annoying is that most of them are just half baked-semi medical professionals, braying like dehydrated goats.

Is it by force to work in LASG? Move to other places paying high or go abroad . . . i pity those thinking they can fight government.

idupaul: The problem is that most of these doctors believe they should be millionaires from working in govt hosp and that's not possible .... Can U imagine house officers in Lagos asking for teaching allowee ...I support Fashola and pray he doesn't back down .. Any doctor that wants to live in VGC should go and open his own hospital and leave LASG hosps alone pls ...Afterall LASG hosp are there to provide welfarist treatment to low income Lagosian ...

alj harem: This Bayooooooo guy is very clever. very very clever, the way he present his argument would win any biased mind in an instance. Very good.

I was also about to lash out on Fashola until I read his post along side saxywale.

Here is my opinion

1. Lagos state doctors are the highest paid in Nigeria

2. If the government keep yielding to their demands, then what happens to other sectors/workers. should they also be striking all the time

3. If they want to threaten the government to pay more despite they are the highest paid in the country by over 100 % then the government needs to sack some so as to increase the salary of others.

In general Nigerian doctors are not paid high at all because we have too many doctors in Nigeria, but demanding to 200 % or so salary more than other states in Nigeria is crazy and should not be encouraged.

These same ones would pay their unfortunate colleagues who were unable to secure jobs in the civil service 40k per month in their private hospital.

eyin, E ma ku nii, e o ni so ri re, gbo gbo yin ma ku ni, to go to skul for 4 years is a problem for you, doctors go for eight years paying 300k per session minimum in state skuls> wo!!!, all u none doctors that r talking rubbish ehn, ur waterloo is not to far, problem will meet u at your work place, e so amin!!, Amin lo ru ko jesu!! BASTARDS!!!, go and take home 130 for doing more work that ur counterparts working in other states and FG

princey83:

thank you jare, seems the doctors on this thread reason with their an.us.
They can't even stand a civil discussion on a forum, quick to call anyone that is against their views a slowpoke, daft, stupid e.t.c just as sexywale mentioned, they should resign and take up appointment in bauchi or osun. Must they work in Lagos. Fashola carry go jooor, residents of Lagos are behind you. Eko o ni baje....

Stu'pid people full NL na anyways,I think the doctors just got carried away that Lagos must pay them by all means.I just find it unbelievable that people will rely on the importance of their occupation and commit mass murder through it.should Nigeria police also embark on strike because they are the least paid in the world ? ??

dejato: eyin, E ma ku nii, e o ni so ri re, gbo gbo yin ma ku ni, to go to skul for 4 years is a problem for you, doctors go for eight years paying 300k per session minimum in state skuls> wo!!!, all u none doctors that r talking rubbish ehn, ur waterloo is not to far, problem will meet u at your work place, e so amin!!, Amin lo ru ko jesu!! BASTARDS!!!, go and take home 130 for doing more work that ur counterparts working in other states and FG

babae and gbogbo ebi e lo ma ku.oloshi jatijati why cant you go to private hospital?

like all of u didn't want to be doctors, i'm sure u barely graduated philosophy and the likes, getting angry at folks that are living your dreams, because nigerian police studied for 8 years before entering cadet uniform, some people talk like the are operating at the peri-anal level

dejato: eyin, E ma ku nii, e o ni so ri re, gbo gbo yin ma ku ni, to go to skul for 4 years is a problem for you, doctors go for eight years paying 300k per session minimum in state skuls> wo!!!, all u none doctors that r talking rubbish ehn, ur waterloo is not to far, problem will meet u at your work place, e so amin!!, Amin lo ru ko jesu!! BASTARDS!!!, go and take home 130 for doing more work that ur counterparts working in other states and FG

If this is the kind of animal our universities are producing as doctors, then this country is in BIG trouble...... This one would poison a patient without thinking twice if salaries are not paid on time. Oh my goodness. Still can't believe what m reading.... o ma se ooo

princey83:

If this is the kind of animal our universities are producing as doctors, then this country is in BIG trouble...... This one would poison a patient without thinking twice if salaries are not paid on time. Oh my goodness. Still can't believe what m reading.... o ma se ooo

No mind am jare,na only abortion he sabi do.No wonder Arosa wants Native doctors to takeover the hospitals.

not only poison patient, and na u i go poison, cos i will go and tell the teachers at my children school that i am a doctor, i will not pay school fees, or when i get to petrol station i will pay 65 Naira cos i am a doctor, please mhen, just shut the hell up cos u don't know what doctors are going through. please tell us your occupation if you are proud of it, we are doctors and we are proud, its not beans, pay us our due.....and let me tell u, we will down tools nation wide, lagos state will bow at our demands

dejato: like all of u didn't want to be doctors, i'm sure u barely graduated philosophy and the likes, getting angry at folks that are living your dreams, because nigerian police studied for 8 years before entering cadet uniform, some people talk like the are operating at the peri-anal level

what a daft guy u are. And to think u are a doctor, truly this country is in deep sh.it.

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No mind am jare,na only abortion he sabi do.No wonder Arosa wants Native doctors to takeover the hospitals.

LMAO.

@emmke: a daft guy that went through the medical school and came out with honours, so much for me being daft, please tell us your un-daft profession, IDIAT!!!!!!

eyin, E ma ku nii, e o ni so ri re, gbo gbo yin ma ku ni, to go to skul for 4 years is a problem for you, doctors go for eight years paying 300k per session minimum in state skuls> wo!!!, all u none doctors that r talking rubbish ehn, ur waterloo is not to far, problem will meet u at your work place, e so amin!!, Amin lo ru ko jesu!! BASTARDS!!!, go and take home 130 for doing more work that ur counterparts working in other states and FG

Haba! Ewo ni t'epe?

dejato: like all of u didn't want to be doctors, i'm sure u barely graduated philosophy and the likes, getting angry at folks that are living your dreams, because nigerian police studied for 8 years before entering cadet uniform, some people talk like the are operating at the peri-anal level

I know things like this can be frustrating, but no point cursing people out, Oga Doctor. pele

BTW, Philosophy is a pretty difficult, pretty important course of study, it can actually help you articulate arguments without getting emotional or cursing people out. pele

@kilode: thank you very much, people just don't understand the plight of the everyday medical doctor in lagos, and emotions run high most times...it is well

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abegi jare. . .there is nothing you want to tell me about doctors.If working for government is not ok for you,why not move to the private sector ? So people should continue to die because our doctors are poor abi ? Do you presently force your employer to pay you according to what is obtainable around the world ?

My current employer pays me what is comensurate with my level as a consultant on conmess. The LASG signed an agreement with the doctors. It should honor it. Embittered folks like you who wonder why doctors should be paid their due remuneration can go and see a roadside mechanic next time they are ill.

Typical ill thought meaningless grand gestures that excite foolish Nigerians - the LASG has "sacked" its doctors signalling a collapse of its health system and you morons are busy applauding. . .the reason the LASG did that is because they do not care anything for the so-called masses. After all, should Fashola fall ill today, he's jetting off to Europe for treatment where almost certainly the same Nigerian doctors he 's refused to pay will be part of the health team treating him. But since you serially sodomized sycophants are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, you wouldn't understand that.

In any case, it will be interesting to see how you spin it when the LASG climbs down.

Does this mean that if doctors are properly provided for in terms of benefits,they can not protest? We all stayed home for days in january and it got the attention of the govenment. The way forward is to sit with the doctors and discuss and reach a compromisem sacking them is at the extreme. It is their right to protest.

prettyG: Lagos State sacks all striking doctors

Over 1,000 doctors have been let go


The crisis rocking the Lagos State health sector took a dangerous twist on Monday, when the state government sacked over 1,000 doctors in its employ.

Doctors in state-owned hospitals, under the aegis of the Medical Guild, began an indefinite strike on April 24, 2012, to press for the downward review of taxes and the full implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS), and other demands.

Confirming the development, the secretary of the Medical Guild, Idris Durojaiye, said the information was passed across to the doctors through the medical directors of the various state hospitals.

"The medical directors signed the letters," he said.

However, the doctors will be holding a press conference to decide their next line of action.

Last month, the state government announced that it had started recruiting new doctors to help alleviate the plight of residents seeking medical care in state-owned hospitals.


Source

slowpoke!

dejato: not only poison patient, and na u i go poison, cos i will go and tell the teachers at my children school that i am a doctor, i will not pay school fees, or when i get to petrol station i will pay 65 Naira cos i am a doctor, please mhen, just shut the hell up cos u don't know what doctors are going through. please tell us your occupation if you are proud of it, we are doctors and we are proud, its not beans, pay us our due.....and let me tell u, we will down tools nation wide, lagos state will bow at our demands

dejato: like all of u didn't want to be doctors, i'm sure u barely graduated philosophy and the likes, getting angry at folks that are living your dreams, because nigerian police studied for 8 years before entering cadet uniform, some people talk like the are operating at the peri-anal level

which eight years? did you fail MB?

i would like to highlight some points
1)many states pay their doctors more than lagos state doctors and this because these states are already IMPLEMENTING CONMESS.
2)lagos state doctors because of the government's promises of good health care to the electorate and because of the population of the state are some of the most overworked in the country
3)the strike is for the lagos state government to IMPLEMENT d CONMESS and other issues which they have already AGREED to in the past.
to b clear the lagos state government has already agreed to pay CONMESS for some time now but they have refused to fully implement it and have instead used funny means to increase the taxes their doctors pay
the strikes of the last 2 years have been on the same thing IMPLEMEMT CONMESS! whenever d docs go on strike the govt meets with them and agrees to implement CONMESS but the govt never keeps to its word.that is d reason d strikes have been a recurring issue,not because d doctors want increment every year.
now doctors are not slaves and also have families to take care of and last i heard a strike called by a union is legal.the unions(in any profession) are there to prosecute the needs of their members and defend their interests.the guild had to act in the face of the fact that its members were working more than their counterparts in other states and getting less pay.when u factor in the high cost of living in lagos compared to these states u might understand their grievances.
ALL THESE in d backdrop of the government AGREEING to the terms of CONMESS on paper but NOT IMPLEMENTING them.
why should other states pay their doctors on CONMESS but Lagos State (the center of excellence) refuse to?

Their services were crap before and most of them spent more time and effort in private hospitals but this ACN is showing their true colors.
ACN potrays itself as socialist leaning but with the way the ACN governors handled the minimum wage issue in their respective state coupled with their aggresive tax policy with less proportionate re-investment shows the party adopting a business approach in running government.

Doctors behaving like animals, money Iƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇ more important than human life. Everybody wants τ̅☺ wear bling bling and drive jeep. I've been hearing about the useless bunch called Lagos state doctors and i've been waiting for this day.

This will cause a radical change in the system and force everyone τ̅☺ sit up. Employed civil servants seem τ̅☺ forget for everyone of them, there aя̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ thousands unemployed. Instant civil service job currently sells for 800k in my state.

Now ℓ̊ wait for Τ̲̅ђε̲̣̣̣̥ day PHCN staff-symbol of incompetence will go ☺ƞ strike only τ̅☺ be replaced by young and smarter people.

blink182: Doctors behaving like animals, money ȋ̝̊̅ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇ more important than human life. Everybody wants τ̅☺ wear bling bling and drive jeep. I've been hearing about the useless bunch called Lagos state doctors and i've been waiting for this day.

This will cause a radical change in the system and force everyone τ̅☺ sit up. Employed civil servants seem τ̅☺ forget for everyone of them, there Α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ thousands unemployed. Instant civil service job currently sells for 800k in my state.

Now ℓ̊ wait for Τ̲̅ђε̲̣̣̣̥ day PHCN staff-symbol of incompetence will go ☺ƞ strike only τ̅☺ be replaced by young and smarter people.

must you post? stop embarrassing yourself!

unfortunate that most people coming here to post are very ignorant of the issues on ground.a good example is OK/2/NV whose brain (by his own admission) has been trying (and failing) to boot for sometime now
their services were crap? and the services of doctors in other states paying CONMESS were non-crap? these same lagos state doctors a good number of whom leave the country and have good careers outside the country?
ask urselves what made d services crap? d quality of d doctors themselves or the quality of equipment,drugs e.t.c made available by the state government?

"The graveyard is filled with bones of indispensable men"
- Charles de Gaulle

If you have ever been to the General Hospital Ikeja.
You will understand that it is the busiest Hospital in Nigeria
The first choice of Hospital is always General Hospital Ikeja and other newly renovated hospitals owned by Lagos.
If you see the crowd that is always there you will appreciate the jobs that the Doctors and Nurses are doing.

Those saying that they will employ new Doctors, I laugh in Greek!
How do you get Consultants who have so many years Experience!
Lagoon Hospital Doctors, that see a handful of patients everyday!

I pity Lagos State Government because the will definitely have to reverse this insensitive act!

Thanks.