The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Wednesday night, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a view to resolving the ongoing nationwide strike of the resident doctors.

THE Federal Government has approved additional N8 billion to be released immediately for the payment of special/hazard allowances for medical doctors. The Federal Government also set two weeks timeline for the payment of the N4 billion Medical Residency Training for 2020 to striking resident doctors.

The Federal Government, Monday evening, ordered members of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to return to their duty posts immediately, summoning a meeting with the leadership of NARD for tomorrow, Wednesday, in Abuja.

By Joseph Erunke TWO medical doctors, identified as Iyoha Joseph and Mukaila Oyewumi Oladipo, have been suspended from practice after being found guilty for the death of a patient in their care by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. The medical practitioners were found guilty of negligence in the management of the 3-month-old late […]

By Joseph Erunke RESIDENT doctors in the country will begin nationwide industrial action on Monday, their umbrella body under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors,NARD,has declared. The organisation in a communique it released Friday, in Abuja,said it has resolved to commerce an indefinite strike with effect from Monday September 7 2020. To forestall […]

By Dennis Agbo ALL hospitals owned by Enugu state government have been deserted following an indefinite industrial action embarked upon, on Tuesday, by the state Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, comprising members of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives; Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals. […]

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Wednesday said it was not embarking on strike. A statement signed by Dr Lanre Olosunde, the President of the association, described the report of a planned strike as “false and misleading.” Olosunde, who stated that the association remained committed to […]

Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenya went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID-19. “The strike began on Friday,’’ said Thuranira Kaugiria, the secretary-general for the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union. He said 320 doctors employed by the […]

The executive officers were elected shortly after a maiden virtual AGM/scientific conference with the theme “COVID-19 pandemic— the role of stakeholders in preventing morbidity and mortality of Health Care Workers”.

By Dennis Agbo Last Friday’s bloody election for leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, in Enugu State has continued to cast doubt on the integrity of the medical doctors who swore the Hippocratic Oath to save lives but turned around to constitute threat to lives of their members. Main cause for the chaos and […]

The National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, in Ekiti State has said at the primary health care level, there are seven doctors working in 131 health centres, adding that the state government was paying lip service to healthcare delivery.

The Medical doctors under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), in Ondo State on Monday suspended it one month old strike.

Says FG must introduce strategies to retain health workforce By Chioma Obinna President of the Commonwealth Medical Association, CMA, Dr. Osahon Enabulele has warned that unless the Federal Government takes pragmatic actions to grow and retain the health workforce, more doctors beyond the 58 that were prevented from traveling out of the country will still […]

The National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Ekiti chapter, has raised the alarm over the rate at which doctors are leaving government employment over poor welfare and lack of conducive work environment. The association, at a news conference on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, called on well-meaning individuals in the state to intervene […]

ABUJA-RESIDENT doctors,Saturday, extended their early deadline given the federal government to meet their demands by three weeks.