Good morning, Prof. Chituru Orluwene, JP, and the management of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) @UpthOnline particularly the Bursary Department.
We are appealing to you to please pay your interns and house officers. Pay them what they are owed, and please pay them well.
How can we expect healthcare workers to deliver quality healthcare when they are working for months without receiving their salaries and entitlements?
These are human beings with families, responsibilities, bills and basic needs. They show up to work, attend to patients and keep the hospital running, yet they are left without the financial compensation they have earned.
This is unacceptable. Making people work for months without paying them is exploitative and fundamentally unjust.
We are not asking for favours. We are asking you to fulfil your responsibility as an employer. Please clear the outstanding salary backlogs and ensure that these workers are paid promptly and adequately going forward.
Healthcare workers deserve dignity. They deserve fair compensation. And patients deserve a healthcare system where the people responsible for their care are properly supported.
PLEASE PAY YOUR WORKERS. THEY HAVE EARNED IT.
#PayUPTHInterns #PayHealthcareWorkers #UPTH
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital should pay me. I've been working as an intern radiographer since June 17, 2026 but I'm yet to receive any payment at all. I'm tired of trekking to work daily and owing loan apps. An intern doesn't even earn up to 200k here. Too bad!
Over 6 months without salary, yet University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital still expected her to show up for work every day.
How exactly does the management expect people in this position to keep reporting for duty, give their best and go about their responsibilities with peace of mind?