Suspend Doctors in a Country where the healthcare system is already blind,crippled and without a sense of direction?I dont know if this is a good move at all...I dont know!
What do you think Dearest Blog visitor?
What do you think Dearest Blog visitor?
Auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had embarked on a strike to press home their demand for an improvement in their welfare on July 1 and several attempts to resolve the issue have ended in a stalemate.
The government had earlier accused the doctors of neglecting their oath to protect lives and continue to turn down the request to suspend the strike, particularly during the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus and the ongoing insurgency in some parts of the country.
In a letter signed by Honourable L. N. Awute, a permanent secretary in the ministry of health, the president ordered that the action should take immediate effect. “President Goodluck Jonathan has suspended the residency training
programme for doctors in Nigeria indefinitely for the purposes of appraising the challenges facing the health sector,” read the letter.
“In line with the above, the Honourable Minister has directed that you issue letters of termination of Residency Training appointment to the affected Resident Doctors in your Hospital immediately. “The Board of Management is to take all necessary measures to immediately restore full medical services in your hospital. Note however this is without prejudice to the employment of Locum Physicians on six months renewable contract tied to productivity and good behavior.
” In an interview with TheCable, one of the affected doctors condemned the development, sating that it is an indication that government does not know its priority.
“The federal government should have asked the government of Lagos state that tried toeing that lane, the end result of such action,” she said. “Simply because we demanded for our rights they are attempting to intimidate us. Anyway, let us see who blinks first.
” A source told TheCable that the federal government had directed that local doctors and doctors in military hospitals should be employed pending the time that the doctors are replaced.
SOURCE: The Cable
Gobe of the highest order... Like Patrick Sawyer's wife said that Patrick left Liberia for Nigeria In search of proper medical care for ebola disease...hehehjeee...lafin in swahili langua....#Alinko
ReplyDeleteOne of the problems in Nigeria is union here, association there e.g ASUU, ASUP, NMA, NURTW, even market women union, students union, drivers welfare scheme. They tell us they α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ fighting for the pple, ALL NA WASH They α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ all after their personal interest. They want to own mansions, exotic cars α̲̅πϑ other goodies U̶̲̥̅̊ can think of just like these politicians forgetting they are public servants. The politicians they are looking at(or rather want to measure up to) do not stay in office for more than 8years and are looters (am not supporting them sha). So I do not blame the presidency, the money these pple are demanding is just too much.
DeleteVery good decision
DeleteAnd the politicians aren't public servants?
DeleteBrilliant move president of the FRN! Totally brilliant!
DeleteWTF!!!! Jonathan is just a terrible leader with no clue of how to lead at allllllll! Everything in nigeria has been upside down since he became the president! His report card is obviously gonna read F9 or something less than that if there's any! I hope this intimidation at all level by this so called president will stop soon!!!!
ReplyDeleteI feel it's a game. I have also been telling my friends who are doctors that it iis wrong for them to go on strike!
DeleteDoctors should be like the army, who cannot go on strike.
I feel it's inhuman for them to go on strike.
Since they are not working and they are happy to see people helpless and die due to lack of medical attention, this should be a welcome development!
I was dazed to see this in the news last night. So after these present consultants and specialists retire, who will take over? Any plans for training future consultants? GEJ and the elites all go abroad for medicals so they can't be bothered. The masses shouldn't let them mortgage their future. Speak up in ur own little way. “New doctors to be employed on 6 months renewable contract basis”- sounds like advice only people like okupe, Abati & reno can give. This is obviously a backward decision.
ReplyDeleteDoctors r wicked. Period.
ReplyDeleteExactly. They are greedy and really do not care about the patients..
DeletePlease they should go and take several seats. If they are soo good, why are people jumping on the plane to India to treat just the common cold?
Very insensitive and selfish association.let me see how they will fight federal government. Mschewww
DeleteDoctors r wicked u say?...do u know ao much hazard fee is? 5k. If a doc gets infected while dischargin his duty on a patient,all he gets is extra N5k..so how do u expect dem not to run away from ebola patients?
DeleteSeconded. Infact thirded if there is any word like that. The reason for d strike? They don't want nurses and other paramedics to be consultants. For crying out loud isn't that a hierarchical problem? Y can't they sort themselves out? Even with this ebola outbreak they couldn't sheath their swords. If their reason was an increase in pay, or lack of facilities and equipments in hospitals, they would have had my sympathy. But this reason is plain selfish @ d expense of Nigerians. So yes, I support GEJ on this. Cuss me out or bite me if u can.
DeleteMoney is like 1percent cause of the strike. BTW. People jump on planes to Meet QUACK doctors in India because they are stupid, like you are. NO standard equipment in d hospitals nd you want me to work for a pittance, use open fire to do tests, sponsor myself for training abroad and come back to a crumbling system lesser than my brain power, watch politicians kids graduate as Quacks from private UNI's and open standard private clinics???. I will soooo go on strike. I just lost my respect for the fed Govt, cos if GEJ really did his homework, this path wouldn't have been towed what it means is that he doesn't even know what the strike is about. Respect they say, is reciprocal, If we are respected, we will behave as such. What rubbish! Stella post oo I dey vex.
DeleteLa effizy it's obvious you just joined the band wagon and don't know what's happening... Kindly try and read the 24 points that was stated as reasons for the industrial action.
Delete@ bitchpls are they the only ones receiving 5k as hazard, other professionals receive the same amount if not less. Their asking for100k hazard allowance, means that the government should get ready to pay nurses 200k as hazard allowance becos even the dumbest person knows that nurses spend more time with the patients, people with open TB,HIV, pack their stool, bath them, dress infected wounds,all sorts. I mean it's glaring from the 1st medical personnel that died from Ebola in Nigeria. All the doctors do is come in once a week at most to document( sometimes without even seeing the patient) or some stand at the doorway,eyeball the patient then disappear. In fact some times is these same nurses that spend their credit, calling the doctors on phone,looking for the doctors all over the place and practically begging them to come see their patients, like you're supposed to remind them to do their jobs.
DeleteNow I'm not saying there are no good doctors,there are and I'm married to one, but they are very few and far btwn. These generation of the so called resident doctors are even worse, with the amount of cluelessness they exhibit and mistakes they make, you would wonder if indeed they went to medical school.
The consultants are in a league of their own,you don't even see those ones at all, more than half of them have their own clinics or consult in several clinics at the same time, all on government time! While the rest of them spend their time in govt houses lobbying for one political appointment or the other.
The only ones that make any effort at all are the house officers but u still find truants among dos albeit very few. These houseofficers are students with little or no knowledge at all,they need to work with constant supervision, but u still find them making costly mistakes becos the registrars who are supposed to supervise them shy away from their responsibilities.
I could go on and on, but to what end? I however said all that to say this, Nigerian doctors need to go back to the drawing board. Selflessness which used to be the major character trait of doctors has long been replaced with, greed,selfishness and money mongering. But then again those are the major traits of the average Nigerian. Go figure!
Jeez. I missed alot. Dr who n Oreola abeg park one side. You really think ur 24 demands is in d patient's interest? Lol. Stop decieving Nigerians cos even the common man knows the truth. If I may ask, y shud you be d only person fg shud sponsor abroad for training? Why shouldn't fg sponsor other medical workers? Are you the only person being paid 5k hazard allowance? Abeg go n pick ur sack letter first.
DeleteThough I don't really support the president's action but don't you think these doctors have overstepped their bounds? Whatever they are fighting for should be kept aside especially at this time so that they can work together as a team in fighting EVD. I know they are fighting for their rights but they should have considered the situation in the country right now. Sacking them is not the best at all but if u ask me, I think GEJ did it out of Desperation.
ReplyDeleteThat's what the want. With the long strike they embarked on, they rendered themselves irrelevant to the public sector. That's what happens when you feel you are indispensable. Most sick people now had other options. Afterall, with this greater sickness of ebola, they would not have been able to treat jack. Let the govt focus on the doctors and health workers caring for these ebola patients. This I feel is more important than the senge menges. They can continue staying at home afterall they have all been praying for the strike not to end so they don't have to go back to work. Where lies their dedication?
ReplyDeleteOrela, apply to NTA. Patt can help.
ReplyDeleteMy dear, I'm not among the sacked doctors... That aside it's just pathetic that Nigerians are gullible... When people say doctors are sacked thanks to ignorance and illiteracy they think all doctors were sacked...
DeletePeople should put on their thinking caps that's if they have one and ask themselves this question why only resident doctors?what of the consultants, medical officers and houseofficers that went on this industrial action?why scapegoat a selected number? If you all feel yes doctors should be sacked for embarking on this action then all doctors that participated should be laid off.
Well wat can I say the typical Nigerian doesn't even know who a resident is..Nigerians just believe all doctors have been sacked....
Pls may we know who a resident doctor is? Enlighten us abeg.
DeleteStory....... my dear Chika, resident drs are students on training to become specialists. They are students who are being paid by fg(minimum of 270k per month). Oreola you know the truth, wake up n face it
DeleteMy dear viva, Resident doctors are not students and certainly do not get 270k per month. I'm tired of defending. Google is your friend. Resident doctors are attending in the US.
Delete*resident doctors are called attendings in the US
DeleteMocha luv, google could help you too you know. One luv
DeleteOrela you have impressed me with just one point. Let's come together and fight a common cause. I cud hug you for this alone. Let's stop fighting, you as a dr knows that the eye can't function as the legs. We need each other. My prayer is that one day in this country God will bind us together in love and all medical workers will harmoniously take care of the patient which is our primary responsibility.
DeleteOMG!!! Stella, the Nigerian government has been misinforming the nation and the world at large. The Ebola case is worse than been reported and those in isolation and quarantine are dying o.
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!
DeleteI just pity the small doctors in the midst of these big ones cos the ogas leading them are already settled and have their clinics intact. E don shele naa. If na to turn all of them to contract staff like most telecom workers na im go better small.
ReplyDeleteSacking the striking doctors at this Ebola period the best solution? Pls visit my blog...www.alekunle.com
ReplyDeleteWow wow wow.
ReplyDeleteAnyway to make d country better I no mind.
Sacking the striking doctors at this period of Ebola the best solution? Pls visit my blog www.alekunle.com
ReplyDeleteI like this,the doctors are really misbehaving very selfish things, they own private hospitals where they make the prices of their drugs high,stealing from poor patients
ReplyDeleteMy dear...the doctors that were sacked are those in training they don't even earn enough to cater for a family of 4 in this present day Nigeria let alone owning a private hospital... The consultants that own most of these private hospitals weren't sacked..their salaries were increased by your federal government who decided to lay off the younger doctors and use the money meant for them to settle the consultants I presume...
DeleteSo my dear the people you think you hate most are those still supposedly getting paid with your taxes that's if you even pay tax
Sorry..are you just unaware of your environment or plain dumb?? It was the resident doctors that were sacked NOT consultants dumb skull! What do you think the government achieved by that? It is those consultants that own the hospitals pls! Your stupidity is epic!
Deletei see nothing wrong with this move tho! its only in Nigeria that medical personnel go on strike! what hapnd to their ethics? right or no right....they chose that profession nd saving life should b first bfr any other thing ... i knw most of dem r prolly scared cos this ebola ish...nd dts they might even b happy abt this decision! I'm out abeg...serves dem right! @X
ReplyDeleteStay there and be talking about ethics! Jonathan's decision simply means that there will not be training of doctors in Nigeria! Get ready to be going to Gabon for treatment. Lol
Deletei see nothing wrong with this move tho! its only in Nigeria that medical personnel go on strike! what hapnd to their ethics? right or no right....they chose that profession nd saving life should b first bfr any other thing ... i knw most of dem r prolly scared cos this ebola ish...nd dts they might even b happy abt this decision! I'm out abeg...serves dem right! @X
ReplyDeleteNice move. How can they abandon their oath over their rights? Making unnecessary demands. They don't even work hard enough for those demands their making. Smh!
ReplyDeleteMumu of the highest order. You will wait for a consultant to leave his own clinic and come sleep in a government clinic babysitting patients! Its the residents and house officers that do most of the work in the hospital...consultants only give the orders. I laugh in spanish.
DeleteMisplaced priorities.. SMH.
ReplyDeleteAnyways. Let's see who bends first.
Err... orela, are you affected? pele oo
This country is just getting worse by the day. Everyone wants his/her way, I just don't understand! Stubborn citizens, stubborn unions, stubborn government, stubborn everything!
ReplyDeleteI've lost hope for Nigeria.
Jonathan is a clueless idiot and he's surrounded by fools
ReplyDeleteAwwwww u r among d sacked doctors, I see!!!
DeleteHe is really clueless and I don't really blame him majority of Nigerians reason like him so what do you expect
DeleteIt is not about bring sacked..its about who attends to you when you get to the hospital. Have you thought of that? Maybe the consultant nurse will.
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ReplyDeleteMbada wrong move oh
He should have given them what they want
So who's is gonna apply for the job now with this Ebola menace..
Doctor's shld be earning same or more than politicians...they save lives!!
Politicians do practically nothing loot!!
GEJ shld cut down what Senators n co earn and upgrade our health care system.
We deserve better!!
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I laugh in vernacular......
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Them no dey sack doctors, so jonah should reconsider b4 making the greatest mistake of his life......
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Nigerians don't really know the gravity of this decision .. .. When these crop of ancient consultants are gone...and a lebanese doctor that was litigated in his own country comes to Nigeria and render crap services....for outrageous bills then Nigerians would really have a revolution....
ReplyDeleteThese outcast foreign doctors would bill you outrageously not in the useless currency called naira in dollars. Trust Nigerians to be so corrupt instead of importing a specialist they will get a quack..and pay him less so they can put the change in their pocket...
Nigerians would be forced to go to medical schools abroad...Hahahahahaha...money that most can't afford..(I still remember the school fees post and those calling out ezenwanyi because they have relegated their mindset to the level of beggars thanks to poverty)...and yes some rich few can afford it...but after schooling abroad won't necessarily want to come back to a country with crippled health system....
The lists of woes to befall the health system in Nigeria and does who depend on it is really long...
Anyway it all boils down to increased mortality rate and in a way that would reduce the population of Nigeria (a good thing in the sight of some)...
Hmmmm,that's my opinion it will differ from most Nigerians because most Nigerians are myopic in thinking (they never look at the bigger picture )...
Some of the so called rich ones that still patronize private hospitals would enjoy.the.luxury for a while but when the consultants that own these establish die..hope they would expect a consultant from a foreign country to come and handle the I'll equipped private hospitals? (you all know the answer).
While some will foolishly be happy leave a petite corner of your mind to ponder why only the resident doctors,the future of the health system? Why did they exclude the consultants, medical officers and house officers?
Morning yall...it's good for some bad for some.take a pick of which best suits you.
*one love yall*
Abeg people are dying and you're here justifying crap, 2 wrongs have never been known to make a right. Go back to work
DeleteOrela my dear please throw more light, what is the difference between resident doctors, medical officers and house officers? Consultants, I know...EEE!!!
DeleteExactly, Orela. Nigerians will generally not apply much thought to the implication of this. Imagine where one resident doctor is seeing over a hundred patients a day. The consultants are older and will retire. Let's see how the med officers handle this. People are screaming ebola without paying attention to the issues. Knowing how ill-equipped the shacks called govt hospitals are, if your brother is a doctor will you honestly advise him to see patients without even proper protective clothing made available? When he's not a magician. I really wish we have a system that works. This is just another poorly thought out action. Let's see how it plays out
DeleteHouse officers are those that just graduated from the University and gaining their first real clinical exposure. Still under supervision.
DeleteMedical officers are those who have finished their house job and have not started their specialization(residency program)..youth corper doctors inclusive.
Resident doctors( junior and senior registrars) are those that are working directly under consultants after passing a series of exams for their various specialties. They are the ones with the experience, and train the house officers and medical officers.
This is just a short summary.
Anonymous I just laff..is it going back to work in the theater with rechargeable lanterns?or attending to your sick and dying relatives with nylon as gloves?
DeleteAt second anonymous consultants are the specialist, the residents are in a committed phase training to be specialist under a consultant in a particular field.
The medical officers are those who are meant to man the general hospitals as secondary level of health care under some consultants in Nigeria some work in the accident and.emergency of federal teaching hospitals while the house officers are fresh out of med school and they see taught the rudiments..
Now this suspension affects only the residents who are to become your future specialist house officers can't proceed to become specialist if this suspension comes to stay...trust me every other person aside from the residents are still under the fed govt pay roll until further notice or until privatization is implemented
Oreola how nice of you. So you know theaters use lanterns and all you could strike for was awarding other medical workers consultancy and directors abi. God is watching you. In all of your demands was equipments and infrastructure included? No, because obviously you guys are too selfish and full of ego
DeleteViva, think before you type
DeleteMocha darling I'm thinking eerrrrmmmm *scratches head n bites lips*.......make your point and move on. No abuse will move me. Think also and make a point like Orela atleast. Cheers niggur
DeleteAll those wicked doctors in govt hospitals got served.
ReplyDeletewhat's it with striking every now and then,even at this critical period? New doctors should be employed ASAP.
They feel going on strike now will make their requests to be granted,not minding if patients die? Godforbid!
New doctors will be employed? Are you for real? Those that are super immune to disease and without families to cater for? Your foolishness is awesome. New doctors will be employed ko! New nurses will be employed ni!
DeleteHmmmm...I wonder where the new doctors are employed from?from the same ones on industrial action...wait a minute importation if doctors but I doubt if Nigeria govt can pay thes imported doctors in hard currency especially with 2015 elections
DeleteLmao @ orela. I know right. They really didn't think this through. Have all the people dishing out insults stopped to think about how the minister will also be enriching his pockets. His private hosps are probably cashing out everyday
DeleteDid you think about how the minister will enrich his pockets when you went on strike and he was begging you to come back to work? Oya nau lets wear our thinking cap
DeleteThat is preposterous, to say the least!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou all should go and see how health workers are catered for abroad. No one is saying Nigeria should do exactly the same but improve on current conditions while at that the health facilities have to be worked on too. The government can not even provide health facilities with retractible syringes ie syringes that withdraw immediately after injecting a patient! Something as simple as that! A colleague of mine pricked himself 2 days ago after injecting a patient who was HIV+. He is currently on anti retrovirals. We will know the outcome after a couple of weeks. Several colleagues have come down with hepatitis e.t.c. The hazard allowance is nothing to write home about.
Government hospitals reuse disposable medical equipment(e.g lab slides, face masks, disposable gloves). Imagine that!
How many times has the President sought for medical attention in this country?? Hardly ever, if at all. How about the other law makers and politicians?
Let me stop for now
When will this man have sense...they'll know what they're doing...useless leaders
ReplyDeleteGreat move and am of the opinion that their license should be seized until they reconsider their decisions.
ReplyDeleteHa! Lol
DeleteLol. Myopic thinking. Did the government issue your certificate? How will our licenses be seized
DeleteHas someone thought to question the length of time that has passed since the "doctors" went on a leave of absence? ... these same doctors will come back with dud brains and skills, and kill more people all in the name of administering wrong drugs and treating wrong illness....... as a doctor practice improves their craftsmanship. Whatever they decide is their headache, we have little or no say!!!!
ReplyDeleteShut up biko! You know nothing
DeleteThis Oriola Dimples girl, you were in Linda Ikeji's blog writing the same trash. You and your fellow residents went on strike without considering the welfare of your patients. Since you went on strike, Nigerians have survived and will keep surviving. Sometimes drastic measures are required in drastic situations. I fully support this move by GEJ. You are free to go to Canada or US or where ever, but note that you have to pass their exams first. 80% of you guys that go there end up as nurses and Physician Assistants, but you come here and you will be treating patients like trash. Good riddance.
ReplyDeleteMy dear.... I wonder why Nigerians that can survive without doctors still lament that doctors should call of the strike...those risking their.lives for.nothing over Ebola will continue to die because despite the death toll the govt is not instituting preventive and protective measure is it the doctors that will get these protective kits or the govt will provide it to protect their citizens
DeleteOreola my dear, its glaring from your comments you know nothing abt health sector just yet....house officer I guess you are?? Dnt worry, you ll soon come around
DeleteIm amazed at d way Nigerians think..and its a pity cos ...d common citizen's mentality is backwards...atleast frm wat ive read here...
ReplyDeletecan u imagine most pple saying its good dat doctors were sacked?
ow wld u feel if u were working in a place and terms of agreement were nt met?
av u pple forgotten doctors are human and av pple depending on dem too?
some of u guys av health scheme at ur places of work incase u need to visit a doctor...do u kno dat 5k is wat d govt as giving dem for exposure to health hazards...ebola inclusive? !
U pple say d money dey request for is a lot...can we b real for a moment. ...do u kno dat amongst d professional jobs...d medical field fall short wen u checktotal deir income....
Do u kno dat some Drs av gotten deadly diseases frm d job.
The reason u wnt hear diz drama frm US which we so love to compare wiv is dat deyve come to d understanding dat wen services are rendered dues are paid....irrespective of ow humanitarian d job is....afterall deyre workers too and deserve deir pay.
I want everyone commenting against d Drs to put urselves in deir shoes. ...ow will u respond if uve bin cheated several times on somtim u truly deserve!
IF uve bin in a dire situation in a fed hosp u ll kno Drs are selfless but deyre also human
Cheated you say?? You call paying a house officer that just left sschool a higher salary than a staff who has been working for more than 5yrs cheating huh!!
DeleteProud set of humans called residents doctors who don't know jack..fighting JOHESU who are jejely fighting for their rights.
ReplyDeletethey should stay at home a little and know that health services can still go on a little without them.
fight your own battles and leave other health professionals..mbanu, you want to feel like lords meanwhile most of them do not know how to differentiate a PA chest from an AP chest radiograph.
make them stay for house small they go call them back,its just a Federal Government strategy. even if they don't call them back,when they eventually get hungry,they will apply for the locum position that the Federal Government is offering them.
PURPLEIVY
You think so?
DeleteMy dear your write up reeks of ignorance... Resident doctors aren't the ones that went on strike all doctors went on strike including the consultants,medical officers and house officers.so you should wonder why the govt aren't penalizing all doctors but rather scapegoating some.
DeleteOrela dear I feel your pain. My bro in law is a medical doc. He explained salient points also. This is a ridiculous act by the Federal govt. In times like this (Especially with the Ebola emergency on ground) he should have paved way for peace to reign .
DeleteNigeria has enough monetary resources oo please wake up Nigerians!!! Enough of this foolery! Every where I go lately I have to keep explaining chibok,Ebola saga to unending questions on why Nigeria is the way it is. COME on we are blessed with natural, human, mineral ,resources . We just need leaders with thinking caps on.
Mr president please have a rethink. It's the less privileged in our society that will suffer most.
Seriously Nigeria needs emergency auto reset button pressed. Hanhan, too much problems already. *heavy sigh*
#peace Ambassador
Oreola, that's because resident drs are students being trained and paid at the same time. Did you as a medical student in university embark on strike?
DeleteViva you need to expand your knowledge. Grab a good book and stop displaying your ignorance
DeleteOrela darling. ....I feel ur pain too. Lol. Ivie peace ambassador indeed. Nur be ur brother dey make you yarn talk true
DeleteMocha I sure will. Will ya too? Resident drs are students in training being paid. Take it or leave it. Most of who finish n go set up their private ssectors. Not ruling out the fact that they actually work while training, or howelse are they supposed to learn? I'm not saying its wrong to pay them cos its nt my money. I'm only saying they shud stop oppressing other medical workers. Let FG who is the employer dictate our pay and welfare and let each group negotiate for its own. NMA shud stop playing demigods. I won't use foul languages my dear, we weren't brought up the same way. Cheers
Delete@viva ciara..truly I feel for both Doc,patients,Nigerians and Nigeria sef hehehehe hehehehe!
DeleteMy own be say I want peace to reign!!! Yes ooo the one and only Peace Ambassador #SDk blog *Peace sign*
Welcome to Nigeria where militants who terrorize the Nation are given allowances, jobs and are given opportunity for foreign education all in the name of amnesty. While Drs being trained to specialise in different fields and improve the health of the nation are shunned! Are we in autocratic governance? Is Jona a dictator?
ReplyDeleteThere are three laws guiding the establishment of residency training in Nigeria - The Postgraduate medical council act, The NMDC act and the Teaching hospital establishment act. Non of these laws have been repealed. So nobody, not even the President can suspend residency training. The laws can only be repealed by the national assembly
I believe this is a ploy by the govt to disarm the NARD, the 'military wing' of the NMA..hence by the next NMA meeting, the strike will consequently be called off due to the absence of this vibrant group!
The purpose for the strike will therefore be rendered null and void! Then Jona will come and form ' compassionate grounds' and reinstate the sacked Drs. Sly ploy!
Ok they shud call off strike so we fight ebola abi? Fight with what??? Do we have enough PPE(personal protective equipments), is there always running water in the hospital to wash hands? Don't we often run out of gloves or facemasks sometimes!!!!!! Abeg abeg!
May I add to the list....ok thanks in advance....
Deletewhere.. artist and the likes get brand Ambassador for millions of naira.
Where the obviously thief rich people are celebrated no one cares how the wealth was gotten.
Mehn... I am tired much. The list is endless. I need to go chop break fast oo. Ll be back *wide grin*
#Peace Ambassador
All of you saying this is a good move, open your eyes! The group of doctors they sacked are the ones who ACTUALLY know and do the job. The consultants are at home giving orders while the houseofficers are still using you to learn LMAOOOO! Very soon it is in India that you will actually have to go and treat cough as Pearl Peters said. These Resident doctors can easily, I mean EASILY get jobs outside Nigeria. Namibia is in need of foreign doctors cos they don't have enough medical schools to train doctors. Na una go suffer am. LMAOOOOOOO! Nigeria ohhhh! LOOOOL!
ReplyDeleteI follow you laugh..kikikikiki
DeleteLeave them instead of thinking of the immediate future they are correcting written English.
DeleteThose who have ears let them hear!!!
DeleteIf it was that easy to get jobs outside Nigeria, how come they are still here? Don't mention patriotism o, cos these individuals are Farr from patriotic!
DeleteSo what's keeping you. Why don't you leave to Namibia already. #yawns
Delete@houseofficer: Lmaooo @ 'still using you to learn'. It's simply amazing the thoughtless views on this thread. If people generally understood the structure and the issues, they won't be so excited about the sack. When will Nigerians stop and think for a minute sha??
DeleteThis is just a ploy to force doctors to end the strike. In the next NMA meeting, the only doctors in attendance wud be consultants and they will definitely move for the strike to end. Heheehehee!
ReplyDeleteIts not even Jona I blame sef, its the Health minister Prof Chukwu. What does Jona know abt residency?
ReplyDeleteThe way the profession is now, without specialization, you haven't started. So that means, everyone will go to other countries for residency, those that can't afford the UK and co will prolly go to Ghana and other African countries. Does the govt think these Drs will want to come back, ???? Brain drain @ its peak!
This vicious cycle will go on till there are very few/ no Drs in the country!
The health sector will be trampled ! Zeroed! Nothing!
Jona's advicers look at the big picture for crying out loud.
Spot on...
DeleteAnd you think the minister didn't warn them before the sack?
DeleteWhy now? While people are dying in the hospital. Now Ebola has arrived! Biko which safe country will I relocate? Aunty Stella tell me.
ReplyDeleteHehehehe. Some pple r really pained, Orela abi Areola claims Nigerians are myopic and foolish, wat she forgot to add is that doctors are also included because dey r also Nigerians, YES!!! They whr myopic wen they held the Nigerian govt to a standstill with some useless bargains!!! YES they where myopic wen they sought to negotiate terms of service for both themselves (positvely) and oda health care workers(negatively), where on earth does that happen??? Nigerians are better informed now and i guess docs are beginning to loose public sympathy. Just look @ d comments on this blog and tk a clue to NMA
ReplyDeleteMy dear ignorance is bliss for lots like you...especially when you conjure up such write ups and you feel you have made a point.if you are asked to state the 24 useless bargains can you even state 5?yet you claim to be aware of the happenings around you.
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I second you Orela... some ignoramus depend on rumours without getting their facts known. hmmm I dey go chop break fast oo *Am out *
DeleteOreola why does everyone that makes their point seem clueless to you? Get into the hospital and listen to the lay man stating out clearly ur 24 insensitive points to you.
DeleteOrela dnt d teach u guys english while studying medicine? Your written english is very poor sorry to say.
ReplyDeleteDid you read your own sentence? "Dnt", "d", "u guys"...like really? your written English is worse! Fool
DeleteMy dear before you claim to know English. Do you understand what's happening around you?the time you use to claim my written English is bad...contribute meaningful to the situation at hand.
DeleteLest I forget uours doesn't seem to be any different in actual sense yours is obviously worse.
DeleteStella,these Doctors should even be sacked.They are greedy,self-centered money-mongers. Apart from the huge salaries,they collect 100k a month as hazard money,patients pay 6-10k as consultation fee to see them and it expires after 2wks,so if you have appointment with 2-3 consultants a day,you know what that means. They collect car,house,travel,medical allowances Yet they are crying wolf. If patients decide to damn all consequencies and go on strike also to punish them what will they do? They are way too insensitive,let them stay @home indefinitely. Healing rain!
ReplyDeleteWe're talking residents, you're talking consultants. Tell Nigerians to pray hard for that healing rain o cos na that one go sure pass as them don sack residents
DeleteNo man is indispensable .. #ILOVEGEJ
ReplyDeleteMy comment is specifically for orela dimples...before i start..i would want u to know that i am also a medical doctor...now to the matter i want to discuss...orela i really do not think ur behaviour is befitting for a medical personnel...why do u always come here to fight and insult people...must you respond to every negative comment put here to doctors? I really think u need to calm down because what u r doing here is not going to help our cause..u r only succeeding in potraying doctors in a negative light..with that being said...i will also like nembers of the public to understand that..when NMA decided to embark on this strike action...they did not seek the opinion of all the doctors in the country...some of us dont even fully understand the essence of the strike...in my own opinion..our.nigerian government.needs to sit up and everybody what they deserve..this includes teachers, engineers, health workers, journalists etc...coz if people are well paid and are able to provide their basic needs...our country will be a better place..left to me..the most important people in the hospital are the nurses and the doctors...even the radiographers are more impt then the pharmacists in the hospital setting...pharmacists should be in the pharmaceutical companies developing new drugs..that is what they are meant to do...personally i feel the nurses to leave johesu and fight for their own rights...coz they are the most impt sector in johesu...johesu knows they are nothing without the nurses..however..we need to learn to work together as a team...
ReplyDeleteMy dear I'm not here to fight and insult anyone in respect to their opinions.A lot of us weren't in support of this strike, a lot of us have part 1 and 2 exams we are preparing for......it's just that Nigerian government are always on a stand still except an industrial action is embarked on..and it's appalling to say even the average Nigerian doesn't know what the industrial action was all about.
DeleteThe public already see doctors in a negative light....my comment won't make it worse...until you tell people what actually is you are no different.as regards johesu they formed a union because they felt that they can undermine a portion of the health sector...NMA request concerns those under the body as you well know....if johesu and NMA come together and fight for a common cause there will be a huge sector over haul....like I always tell people the consultants are the major cause of this problem...they are fighting for their pockets...you and I both know that....that's why some of us weren't in full support... My behavior as a medical personel is too be transparent and truthful in as much as we all work as a team everybody has their place and their duties and it's for us to respect one another and the government too should respect us and pay us our dues.
DeleteAda, I love the way you politely cautioned orela. I was on the verge of doing same till I saw your comment . On the other hand, no one is more important than in the other in the health sector. It is this issue of one arm claiming to be greater than the other the other that is out greatest set back in the Nigerian health sector. We all work together for the good of our clients. The health sector will experience a positive boost if all arms can work together in unity and not for personal gain. For heavens sake, when 2 elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. And the worst aspect is that the governing bodies brain wash their members into believing that its for their good, in the end, its for the good of their pockets. Where there is no unity, why won't clients die unnecessarily. If there was peace, the suspension of resident doctors wouldn't have taken place. My point is: let the younger crop of health professionals of all fields sheath their swords and have a round table talk....and yes. Work in unity and oneness.
DeleteJeez Oreola....did you just write that? Split personality or is it because your fellow Dr called you out? So u know johesu n nma shud come together and fight a common cause for a total overhaul? Chai.....you don dey wake small small. Ada my dear, God bless you real gud. May u find favour in all you do
Delete@viva ciara if at all you read my write upland digested it....you will get to where I stated every one has their place and their duties...go figure
DeleteLike I always some people will always remain clueless.... Thanks to dormant brain cells......enough said.let's all lay back and watch out for the ripple effect.
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I tire ooo. Nma you decide wat fed gvt shud give you. You wanna decide wat fed gvt shud give others too. Decide urs n leave other people's own biko
DeleteShusss....ripple effect will certainly fall back on you and I. Is it NMA's place to dictate the cadre other medical workers shud attain? Is it their place to dictate to fed govt what he shud pay others?
DeleteI seriously commend this decision, welldone GEJ!
ReplyDeleteThe truth is these doctors are extremely selfish,which is ironic cos they more than anyone are supposed to be selfless! Their priorities are totally messed up. Like the average Nigerian, all they think about is money, how to increase their bank accounts etc. No patriotism, no iota of selflessness.
Did anyone see their list of demands? Half of it was about other health professionals bearing titles, skipping levels and what not.
Can't remember seeing any one where they demanded improved and standardized infrastructure and equipments.,better training for doctors including sponsorship, more funds for research etc. The major theme of their list was preoccupation with other health professionals,status and money. it's totally sad!
As far as I'm concerned, there's no difference between these half baked doctors and Boko Haram, because the end result is the same- Countless and unnecessary death of innocent Nigerians!
NewBie!
Ada, I totally doubt that you are a doctor that you claim to be, 'cos if you truly are you would not make some of those your utterances. In a hospital setting, every joint supplies. Nobody is more relevant than the other!SMH
ReplyDeleteWho analysis your prescriptions and makes sure you don't overdose the patients? The Pharmacist!
Who ensures that you do not give drugs that interact with one another in the patient and/or interferes with the patient's disease condition? The Pharmacist!
Who compounds drugs in the hospital and converts them from tablets to syrups for babies who need them urgently? The Pharmacist
Ada, go back to school for re-orientation!
Homeo wetin. ... ao because she didn't speak ur mind she's not a Dr? Smh
DeleteHomeo wetin. ... ao because she didn't speak ur mind she's not a Dr? Smh
DeleteSigh! There's a reason why pharmacology is a taught subject in medical school.
DeleteHomeo.....forgive me na now I come settle read tru ur comment. My head dey hot before cos I vex say I don miss this post cos of a busy day. Ngwanu chop e-kiss
DeleteThe Anon that said its only Nigerian Drs that go on strike, that's a lie! The Israeli Drs went on strike in 2011 for 5 months!!! 5 good months. Now go and look at their health sector! Its good.
ReplyDeleteThe person that said our hazard allowance is 100k I dunno where u got that info, but our hazard allowance is 5k, N5000 for all cadres of Drs! Can u imagine that?
Even with the high risk of exposure to Ebola, HIV, Hepatits and all the risks involved in the profession, our hazard allowance is just 5k.
How much do u think we earn???
Pls don't come here and talk like you know what you are saying! Kindly get ur facts right.
The person that talked abt hazard allowance also said patients pay 6-10k as consultation fee. That happens in private hosps n not govt hospitals. Pls get ur facts right!
ReplyDeleteMost private hosps are owned by consultants not resident Drs.
Which car, house allowance? Hian.. Pls take me to that hosp o.
MY DEAR ORELA PLS SAVE YOUR BREATH. I'M A RESIDENT DOCTOR TOO HERE IN NIGERIA. THERE IS NO NEED TO WASTE YOUR TIME ARGUING WITH NIGERIANS BECAUSE IF WE WERE AS SMART AS WE THINK WE ARE, WE WON'T BE IN THE MESS WE ARE IN. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD IS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BETTER GET ENOUGH MONEY TO TRAVEL OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THESE SAME RESIDENT DOCTORS ARE THE ONES THAT HELP TRAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME FOR CLINICALS AND ULTIMATELY BECOME THE CONSULTANTS THAT LECTURE IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS. THE END RESULT IS THAT MEDICINE WON'T BE OFFERED IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES AGAIN. AND BY THE WAY, COUNTRIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA ARE EAGER TO OFFER YOUR DOCTORS JOBS AND THE WORSE CASE SCENARIO IS THAT I OPEN A SMALL "CLINIC" AND CHARGE FOUR TIMES WHAT IS PAID IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND TRUST ME WHEN YOU ARE ILL, YOU WILL PAY THE FEES IF YOU CAN'T TRAVEL TO INDIA OR WHEREVER. STELLA PLS FIND OUT HOW MUCH DOCTORS ARE PAID IN GERMANY IN RELATION TO OTHER JOBS AND HELP EDUCATE THE CLUELESS BLOG VISITORS TYPING TRASH BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LITTLE MONEY. I FEEL MOST SORRY FOR THE REAL HELPLESS NIGERIANS THAT COULDNT EVEN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE HEALTH CARE THAT EXISTED
ReplyDeleteMe like this!!! *shines teeth* oh laud... I need to get out of here oo I am hungry.... see what Sdk blog haff done to me *addicted* ok am finally going to get BF.
DeleteYes dear, save your breathe. People have refused to look beyond their noses,
DeleteThank you for your comment.
DeleteI can't wait to leave this country for good. It is only in this part of the world that money has refused to solve our problems.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Orela on one point, 75% of Nigerians are ignorant. Supporting GEJ for sacking doctors, what makes you better than Patience Jonathan? Nothing.
ReplyDeletePlease, a question for the doctors in the house: how does this move affect House Officers? My baby brother has two months of his training left to do, will House Officers be able to complete their training as planned?
And you head the ignorant 75%. Because we are talking about residents drs and common sense won't let you understand simple English. Its resident drs on suspension not house officers dear head of ignorant 75% Nigerians
DeleteYes he will be able to finish. I am very sure that UBTH, FMC Owo, n FMC Idodo -ekiti have already sent seculars round that their house officers resume on monday.
ReplyDeleteViva Ciara, please wash your mouth with soap, N270k is the amount I pay in taxes and I am not as well paid as a doctor in the society I live in. The reason you receive mediocre service is because the doctors are paid peanuts!
ReplyDeleteAnon thanks ooo I cud wash with even jik or parasol sef. Go back n read my comment then ur poor head may just understand I was only tryna correct the impression where someone said drs are being cheated compared to other medical workers. Pray tell me....is it only drs that are being paid peanuts in Nigeria? Kudos to the society you live in aiit, wish GEJ cud read this your comment, so he wud follow pay us like the society you live. *oriegwu* in linda's voice
DeleteLets all kiss and make up. Focus on the way forward in tackling these problems!
ReplyDeleteOne love y'all! Mwah!