The Chief Medical Director of Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Prof Isah Yahaya Adagiri has lamented the dearth of medical Doctors in the state and attributed it to Japa syndrome.
Adagiri who praised Gov Yahaya Bello for giving a standing approval to the management of Specialist Hospital to replace any Medical Doctor that leaves the service ,said despite willingness to replace or employ new ones, they are no where to be found.
The CMD made this known during 2024 budget appraisal and projection on the floor of Kogi State House of Assembly in Lokoja.
While stating that a lot of Doctors are moving out of the country in droves for greener pastures , he explained that there are lots of disadvantages in it as such workers work their ass out to earn every Kobo paid them.
He said he could not imagined himself leaving the service to work out of the country because his corpse would be brought home.
He lamented that Kogi State Specialist Hospital recently lost a Doctor who left for Dubai to work, adding that his death could be attributed to the hazards of working in a foreign country.
Disclosing that the hospital always liaised with the House Committee on Health and Social Services to get better welfare packages for Doctors, he advised better pay to stop the syndrome.