Professor Abiodun Olubayo, Chief Medical Director at Nigeria's foremost tertiary health institution, University College Hospital (UCH), stated that 600 of its health workers have resigned in the last one year.

Otegbayo, speaking at a news conference to mark the 65th Founder's Day celebration at UCH in Ibadan on Monday, November 21st, stated that at least 15 nurses, doctors, and pharmacists among others leave UCH each week.

According to him

"Every week, I signed resignation letters of 15 health workers at the institution, who are mostly clinicians, that is, Nurses, Doctors and Pharmacists, among others."he said

He stated that no fewer than 600 of the hospital's clinical staff have left the hospital between 2020 and October 15, 2022. He also mentioned that bureaucracy bottlenecks has been hindering their replacement. Otegbayo stated that there was an acute shortage in manpower due to push-and-pull factors such as poor welfare and insecurity of workers among others.