The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Professor Wasiu Adeyemo, has assured that his administration will continue to collaborate with the federal government and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to achieve the 4-point agenda of President Bola Tinubu on quality healthcare delivery.
He also said efforts are ongoing by the federal government and the ministry to address the challenge of the mass exodus of health practitioners from the country known as Japa syndrome.
The CMD, who stated this during a press briefing to mark his one- year in office recently in Abuja, decried the menace of doctors exiting the country to find ‘greener pasture’ in other countries and assured that the government is committed to ensuring that doctors are encouraged.
“Basically, when we talk about the reason people leave the country, you will mention poor hospital equipment and remuneration. But in the last year, the government has been spending a lot of money to put in place infrastructure and they have constituted a committee to address other issues bedeviling our health system,” he said.
Adeyemo said salary increment was a central solution in curbing the menace of Japa syndrome, and assured that the federal government is on top of the situation.