Tag: doctors
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Nigeria left with just 42,000 qualified doctors to care for 200 million population – NMA
Only 42,000 doctors out of the 75,000 registered by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) are available for Nigeria’s 200 million people, the association’s President Francis Faduyile has shockingly revealed. The 33,000 missing, he said, have left for greener pastures, adding that Nigeria has one of the worst health indices in the world. Faduyile in an…
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Consider your patients before embarking on strike, Obasanjo tells doctors
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on medical practitioners in the country to take into consideration their patients’ plight before embarking on strike. Obasanjo made the appeal at the opening ceremony of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMD) National Executive Council meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State. A statement issued by…
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Ogun doctors embark on indefinite strike
Due to the ”enormous persistent decline in workforce”, members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) have embarked on an indefinite strike. Osikoya Oludotun and Ajose Oluwafemi, the chairman and secretary of the association signed this resolution following their meeting on Monday 2nd of September, 2019. The medical practitioners…
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Borno Gov suspends medical director, four doctors for absenteeism
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has directed immediate suspension of the medical director at the Umaru Shehu Ultra-Modern Hospital and four doctors absent when they were supposed to be on call. The Governor visited the State Specialist and Umaru Shehu hospitals from midnight to 2 am during which he discovered that none of the…
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Medical council inducts 412 foreign-trained doctors
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has granted 412 foreign-trained Nigerian doctors the nod to practice medicine. The breakdown shows 407 medical doctors and five dentists. 893 foreign-trained medical and dental students appeared for the examination while the 412 inducted were successful. The overall percentage pass is 46 percent. The doctors, who had…
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Patient stabs self to death while waiting for doctors at UBTH
A yet-to-be identified man who was admitted at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has committed suicide. The shocking incident occurred at the weekend at the Accident and Emergency (A & E) Ward of the hospital, as the man awaited doctors to attend to him. Witnesses said the man stabbed himself to death with…
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Ngige clarifies position on doctors’ brain drain
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has clarified his position on the issue of migration by Nigerian medical doctors to foreign nations, a development which has reportedly led to brain drain in the nation’s medical profession. Ngige made this known in a statement signed by Mr Nwachukwu Obidiwe, his Special Assistant on…
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Doctors free to leave Nigeria– Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said doctors who feel they want to relocate in search of greener pastures, are free to do so because the nation has enough medical personnels. Ngige made this known on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. The minister made the statement while responding to a…
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88 doctors quit Kogi civil service under Gov Yahaya Bello – NMA
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi to reverse the ‘current internal drift’ of doctors and other healthcare workers in the state. The association made the appeal in a statement issued to newsmen in Lokoja on Monday by the state NMA Chairman, Dr Kabiru Zubair. This followed the exit…
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[Photos] Nigerian doctors separate conjoined twins in Abuja hospital
…As Speaker Yakubu Dogara pays bill A team of Nigerian doctors on Tuesday successfully separated a set of conjoined twins at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada. The doctors led by Dr Nuhu Kwajafa of the Global Peace Initiatives confirmed the success of the operation that took them many hours in a post on his…