Bauchi State Government says it will soon commence the payments of new salary structure as well as a well financial remuneration to doctors and other medical professionals with a mandate to mitigate the effect of brain drain in the health care sector of the state.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Adamu Umar Sambo disclosed this while declaring open the 2023 Non-Election Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, on Thursday.
The Commissioner said that salaries and other emoluments of the Health and Medical workers will be paid bas and when due to make working very easy for them.
This include provision of housing for the Medical Doctors, car loans to make mobility easier for them, as well as other benefits obtained in other states.
Adamu Sambo added that the facilities will be improved upon to have an environment that will aid effective and efficient healthcare service delivery in line with world healthcare service practice.
Adding that Bauchi State has enjoyed the presence of many Federal health institutions, a development he said has opened up opportunities for medical health workers from the state to work there.
He then called on NMA to support the Government as it strives to make the health sector one of the best in the country, where referrals will be made, stressing that collaboration is one of the most important things in the development of the health sector.
The NMA Chairman Dr. Muhammad Bashir Faruk stressed the need for action to stop the frequency of movement of doctors from the Bauchi state to other states by ensuring that the health sector does not suffer a major catastrophe.
