{"id":2711,"date":"2026-07-08T13:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:32:27","slug":"25-year-old-medical-doctor-dies-after-allegedly-being-denied-three-week-sick-leave-during-nysc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/07\/08\/25-year-old-medical-doctor-dies-after-allegedly-being-denied-three-week-sick-leave-during-nysc\/","title":{"rendered":"25-Year-Old Medical Doctor Dies After Allegedly Being Denied Three Week Sick Leave During NYSC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 25-year-old medical doctor, Wisdom Oghenetega, has died after he was allegedly denied a three-week leave request to focus on his health while serving under the National Youth Service Corps.<\/p>\n

According to reports, Oghenetega spent seven years in medical school, completed his one-year housemanship , and was undergoing his mandatory NYSC service when he fell ill.<\/p>\n

Sources said he requested a three-week leave to receive medical care and recover, but the request was allegedly not approved.<\/p>\n

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He later passed away, sparking widespread reactions and renewed concerns over the welfare of young doctors and corps members.<\/p>\n

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\nThe circumstances surrounding his death and the alleged denial of his leave request have continued to generate public attention, with many calling for a thorough investigation and improved support for healthcare workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 25-year-old medical doctor, Wisdom Oghenetega, has died after he was allegedly denied a three-week leave request to focus on his health while serving under the National Youth Service Corps. According to reports, Oghenetega spent seven years in medical school, completed his one-year housemanship , and was undergoing his mandatory NYSC service when he fell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}