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.

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have given a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet their demands or face their wrath.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA – RESIDENT doctors, Saturday, extended their early deadline given the federal government to meet their demands by three weeks. The doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, addressing the media in Abuja, said the decision was a fallout of their extraordinary meeting held in respect to government’s […]

The Kwara branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has said that 35 doctors had so far tested positive for COVID-19 since the virus manifested  in the state.

By Lawani Mikairu Some facts have emerged why 58 Nigerian medical doctors who were denied departure to the UK through the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, were traveling without UK Visas. The medical doctors were going to the UK for recruitment at NES Healthcare. A letter from the recruitment director […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, has stopped 58 London-bound Nigerian medical doctors from traveling. A statement from the media office of the NIS said the doctors “attempted travelling aboard a UK-bound aircraft flight number ENT 550, registration number SP-ES that flew in from London.” YOU […]

…It is a joke that cannot stand, ARD spokesman. …We didn’t sack doctors, issues on strike to be resolved on Monday- Govt By Dayo Johnson – Akure ONDO state government has sacked the striking Residents doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMETH). Their sacking was contained in a letter announcing the suspension […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has commended members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for calling off their nationwide strike. Gbajabiamila said by their action, the resident doctors have once again proved that they truly have Nigerians at heart, saying the House leadership and members […]

By Chioma Obinna The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has to suspend its week-long strike. The doctors had Monday, June 15, embarked on strike following some disagreements regarding hazard allowance and safety of health workers in the front line against COVID-19, among others. A  communiqué issued at the end of NARD’s National Executive Council, […]