Tag: Doctors

FG suspends move to review medical officer’s allowances to avert strike 

Aminu Imam
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The Federal Government through National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC) has suspended the move to review medical officers and dental officer’s allowances. Recall that on July 2, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) gave the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of the circular and the resolution of other critical issues. The ultimatum is set to expire on Thursday, July 23. President of the NMA, Prof. Bala Audu, had described the circular as a breach of previously agreed terms regarding the welfare and allowances of medical and dental…

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Doctors to begin nationwide strike Thursday

Aminu Imam
Doctors strike

As the 21-day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government draws to a close on July 23, the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA), has warned it will ground medical services nationwide if the government fails to meet its demands. Its President, Prof Bala Audu, who confirmed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Sunday, noted that the association was prepared to take decisive action should the government fail to respond adequately to its demands. Prof Audu stressed that the association’s demands were critical to the survival of Nigeria’s healthcare…

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Nigerian Doctors’ strike over kidnapped colleague enters day 2

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
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National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in public hospitals seven-day nationwide strike demanding the release of their colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in kidnappers den for over eight months, enters second on Tuesday. Popoola, a mother of five was kidnapped in official quarters at National Eye Centre, Mahuta Kaduna in the night of 27 December alongside her husband and a nephew. While her husband was released in March after the payment of the initial demanded ransom, the kidnappers are still holding the ophthalmologist and her nephew. President of…

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Treat all gunshots, accident victims with or without police report – IGP tells doctors

Aminu Imam

…Orders full enforcement of Gunshot Victims Act 2017 In response to the on-going concern over the tragic loss of lives due to the neglect of gunshot and accident victims, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a resounding call to all medical practitioners in Nigeria to provide prompt and compassionate treatment to all victims of gunshots and accidents, irrespective of the presence or absence of a police report. According to a press statement issued by the Nigeria Police, the IGP’s directive aligns with the full enforcement of…

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Strike: Resident Doctors in Kaduna have poorest renumeration

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna. As the strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors NARD enters the second day, their members from Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna said they are among the poorest in renumeration among their peers in Nigeria. This was contained in a communique issued after an emergency meeting held in Kaduna on friday 28th July by the associations to deliberate on the state of their affairs The communique signed by Dr. Godwin Abrak; Chairman, Dr. Hassan Shuaibu Saliu; Secretary, and Dr. Maryam Lawal Makarfi RRO1…

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Doctors urge mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Professor Saad Ahmed, the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, has advised mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding to their newborn babies. Ahmed gave the advice at the opening of the World Breastfeeding Week 2021, on Wednesday, in Abuja. The the theme of the 2021 celebration is Protect Breastfeeding: A shared responsibility. Ahmed, represented by the hospital Head of Clinical Services, Dr. Eziechila Joseph said the benefits of breastfeeding could never be over-emphasised, adding that it was important to inculcate the habit of exclusive breastfeeding, because it was…

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UCH Ibadan doctors suspend surgical operations till further notice

Aminu Imam

As water scarcity hits facility Medical doctors at the University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan have suspended all surgical operations in the hospital till further notice. Sources in the hospital disclosed that the reason for the suspension of the surgeries is due to lack of water supply to the facilities. It was learnt that many patients on admission in the health facilities have been experiencing water scarcity in the last few days. Some of the patients who are currently on admission in the hospital said they buy bags of satchel water…

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UniIlorin Teaching Hospital Doctors begin 3 days warning strike as 25 test positive to Covid-19

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH-ARD), Ilorin, on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged poor working condition in the institution. Dr Badmus Habeeb, President of the association, said at a news conference in Ilorin that 25 doctors had so far contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic due to the situation. The doctors carried placards with the various inscriptions including: Stop Exposing Doctors to COVID-19, among others to press home their demands at the press briefing. Habeeb said that…

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Doctors begin indefinite strike in Ondo State over half salary, arrears

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Doctors working with Ondo State government, under the aegis of Ondo State Government Doctors Forum began an indefinite strike.The Spokesperson for the forum, Dr Olubosede Omolayo, at a press conference on Tuesday in Akure, said that the strike had become imperative, following the payment of 50 percent of members salaries by government in November 2020.The forum consists of Association of Resident Doctors, UNIMED THC, Nigeria Association of General Medical Forum and Dental Practitioners as well as Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria.She said that the decision to embark on…

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Minister sacks health sector workers following accidental death of young doctor in Tunisia

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Tunisian Minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, has dismissed several health sector officials two days after the death of young doctor, Badreddine Aloui, who fell into a broken elevator shaft of the regional hospital in Jendouba, northern Tunisia. The sacked officials are the director-general of Public Health Structures, director of the Center for Technical Studies of Biomedical and Hospital Maintenance, president of the Medical Committee of the Regional Hospital of Jendoubala, and the acting director of the Regional Hospital of the city. Tunisian Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, visited the Jendouba…

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