The Federal Medical Centre, Owo was not shut over the strike by resident doctors, the Chairman, United Health Workers Association of FMC Owo, Omoniyi Joseph Olajide, has said.
He dismissed reports that the medical institution was shut down, saying it was a deliberate attempt to mislead the public.
He said: “The FMC, Owo is not closed. It’s only resident doctors that decided to go on strike citing stress.
“Apart from 85 resident doctors in the hospital, there were 71 consultants in various fields of medicine apart from two Youth Corps Doctors, 21 house officers and seven locum doctors”
“I believe that the situation in FMC, Owo is not the worst in the country. It’s rather unfortunate that the resident doctors in Owo have decided to portray the hospital in a bad light.
“Many good things are going on in the hospital to showcase rather than destroying the image of the hospital.”
He noted that the demands of the resident doctors were not peculiar to the FMC Owo alone, adding that it was a general problem that the Federal Ministry of Health was making frantic efforts to resolve.
He, however, appealed to the striking resident doctors to call off the strike, saying the Federal Ministry of Health has already waded into the matter.