Four nurses resign every day, LASUTH chief medical director laments
Adetokunbo Fabamwo, the chief medical director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), says 35 per cent of nurses in the hospital have resigned from the facility.
Mr Fabamwo raised the alarm over the shortage of nurses in the hospital on Thursday at the fifth anniversary and scientific conference of the retired nurse administrators healthcare initiative held at Alausa, Ikeja.
The professor of obstetrics and gynaecology complained about the high rate of resignation letters he receives daily.
“Every day, I receive and sign between three to four resignation letters from nurses. As we speak, the nursing workforce in our facility has reduced by 35 per cent,” said Mr Fabamwo. “Though we have received approval of Mr Governor to employ their replacement, it is something that should be addressed.”
He mentioned that the management of LASUTH was in the process of firming up plans to engage retired nurses on a contract basis to ensure that patients do not suffer due to the mass exodus of nurses.
He urged the retired nurses to contribute their quota and change the narrative of the ugly situation. The LASUTH head also commended the nurses still in service and the humanitarian initiatives of the retired nurse administrators.
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