Ile-Ife (Osun) – The Association of Resident Doctors, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Chapter, on Thursday protested over the murder of the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of the institution, Prof. Jerome Elusiyan. The President of the association, Dr Omoniyi Ayo Oluwa, said in his address during the protest at OAUTHC that the […]
Awka – Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) Chapter, Awka, Anambra, has lamented the movement of 45 medical doctors to other medical institutions in two years. Dr Chukwudi Okani, Chairman of MDCAN, COOUTH, made this known at a news conference in Awka on Wednesday. Peace remains key […]
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) says with no fewer than 3,000 doctors graduating yearly in Nigeria, it will take about 25 years to produce adequate numbers of doctors to cater for the country’s population. Buhari inherited $63.8bn debt not $7bn – DMO The NMA National President, Dr Francis Faduyile, made this known on Tuesday at […]
The massive brain drain in the Nigerian health sector in recent years which has seen many medical doctors, nurses and midwives among other health professionals leaving the country has heightened the need for urgent steps to be taken to halt the trend in order to save the sector from total collapse. Many Nigerian doctors and […]
Abuja – Dr Richardson Ajayi, a Consultant Gynaecologist, has advised medical doctors to always draw a line between the cardinal call to save lives and the quest to make profit while running private medical outfits. Ajayi, the Executive Vice-Chairman of Bridge Clinic, Lagos gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Stakeholders in the health sector have lamented that no fewer than 5,405 Nigerian-trained doctors and nurses are currently working with the British National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (U.K.) Speaking during a news conference with a theme titled: “The Diaspora as Nigeria’s Brain Gain,” one of the stakeholders, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor, Director, Policy […]
The Akwa Ibom state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded for the immediate implementation of the State Health Insurance Law to cater for heath needs of poor people in the state. State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Nsikak Nyoyoko made the appeal when he led members of the association on a courtesy visit […]
The Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Dapo Folorunsho Asaju has alerted of an impending calamity in the Nigeria health sector following exodus of Nigeria-trained doctors into the United Kingdom. He noted that his son-in-law’s recent visit to the United Kingdom indicated that ninety percent of those writing examinations to practice medicine in the […]
The medical team at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State, led by the Chief Medical Director, Prof Mohammed Auwal, has successfully separated a set of female ‘omphalopagus’ (conjoined) twins. Prof Auwal, who disclosed the development to journalists at a news conference in Yola on Thursday, said the four hour intensive surgical operation took place […]
Macromastia is being quietly suffered by women who are unaware it could be resolved if the right medical services are sought. Violent J was sleeping one night when she began to feel pressure around her neck. She opened her eyes to the rude shock that her massive bosom was actually choking her. It’s difficult for […]
The Federal Government says it is surprised that many of the Health Workers Unions operating under the joint group, the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) embarked on another round of nationwide strike despite government’s demonstrable commitment to the implementation of the agreement reached with it since their last strike of 20th September 2017. A […]
The Federal Government has reacted to the ongoing strike embarked on by members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, while reacting to the development, on Wednesday, said government was shocked by the decision of the union to embark on another round of nationwide strike, despite its […]
For the Nigerian Army to meet with the medical demands especially as it fights against insurgency in North-East and other security challenges in the country, the Corps Commander Medical, Major-General Ikechukwu Okeke, said that more medical personnel were needed. The corps commander sated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of the upgraded and renovated facilities of the […]
An international organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, popularly called Doctors Without Borders, has donated 100 beds to cholera patients receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi State. The organisation disclosed, in a statement by its Field Communication Manager, Maro Verli, that it had treated 559 patients since the beginning of the outbreak […]
Over 150 doctors from private, public and missionary hospitals and those in tertiary institutions in Cross River, on Wednesday, protested in Calabar against the kidnap of their colleague, Dr Emem Udoh. Udoh, a Senior Registrar in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, was kidnapped on Monday in Calabar. The doctors who wore […]
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to clearly define its moves to ban medical doctors in public service from private practice. Olubunmi Omojowolo, Chairman of Lagos State chapter of the association, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos Friday. Omojowolo was reacting […]
THE Federal Government has announced a ban for medical doctors working in public hospitals to engage on private practice. The decision was taken at the Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council,FEC, meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Government also said that henceforth the doctrine of no work no pay which was contained in the nation’s […]
Following the failure of the Kogi state government to resolve issues relating to payment of salaries to doctors, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) chapter in the state has directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike which has commenced on Wednesday this week pending full implementation of their demands. In a communique issued on […]
Some Nigeria medical doctors, under the aegis of Nigerian Society of Anesthetists, took deliberate steps aimed at providing solutions to make surgery and anaesthesia affordable, available, timely and safe.This was stated at society’s 24th Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference, held in Jos, the Plateau state capital.The 5-day conference, which brought specialist doctors in anesthesia in the […]
Some Nigeria medical doctors, under the aegis of Nigerian Society of Anesthetists, took deliberate steps aimed at providing solutions to make surgery and anaesthesia affordable, available, timely and safe.This was stated at society’s 24th Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference, held in Jos, the Plateau state capital.The 5-day conference, which brought specialist doctors in anesthesia in the […]