Lockdown: Our members are being harassed in Lagos, says NMA, Medical Guild
LAGOS—THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and the Medical Guild in Lagos State, yesterday, alleged undue harassment of medical doctors and other health workers in Lagos even as they decried what they described as ‘uncomplimentary’ statement credited to the State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu on the movements of health workers following restriction order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Dying baby rescued from parents who rejected blood transfusion
By Evelyn Usman A two-week-old ailing baby has been rescued from her patents who refused doctors from carrying out blood transfusion on her, on religious ground. The baby girl (names withheld) who was delivered prematurely on December 18, 2019, in a private hospital in Surulere area of Lagos, to Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Onokpise of […]
Doctors protest killing of colleague, demand justice
From Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Doctors under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) are presently embarking on peaceful protest in Osogbo over the killing of Professor Jerome Elusiyan. Professor Elusiyan was a Professor of Paediatric at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Ile-Ife, Osun State before he was killed […]
OAUTHC doctors protest killing of colleague, demand justice
Doctors under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) are presently embarking on a peaceful protest in Osogbo over the killing of Professor Jerome Elusiyan.
Lagos: Doctors screen civil servants for hypertension, others
By Chioma Obinna Lagos State medical doctors, on Saturday treated free of charge over 1000 civil servants under the employ of the state government for various ailments including hypertension, diabetes, malaria and other ailments. The participants benefited from free medical check-up, treatment, and counselling, to strengthen their health toward boosting productivity in the state. Chairman […]
Doctors reject new minimum wage in Lagos State
Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it is below the expectations of civil servants.
Resident Doctors shelve planned strike, give Kaduna Govt. 3 months grace
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD), Kaduna State Chapter, has suspended its plan to go on strike over unresolved issues with the Kaduna State Government.
Striking Zimbabwean doctors warn of ‘silent genocide’
Senior Zimbabwean doctors joined hundreds of junior colleagues in a mass walkout this week, warning of a “silent genocide” caused by dire conditions in hospitals. The public sector doctors demanded the reinstatement of 440 junior colleagues, who were fired after downing tools in a pay dispute in September. It was unclear how many senior doctors […]
CONMESS: Anambra doctors says no going back on strike unless…
Doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COUUTH), Awka have said there was no going back on the Nov. 30 deadline to embark on an indefinite strike if their demands were not met by Anambra Government. Some of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) members who spoke to newsmen anonymously […]
VIDEO: Doctors show charcoaled lungs of chain smoker who died after multiple lung diseases
Doctors from the Wuxi People’s Hospital in Jiangsu, China, extracted the organs of a chain smoker after the 52-year-old man, who had multiple lung diseases, died. Instead of being a healthy pink, they were charcoal in colour and extremely inflamed from decades of tobacco residue clogging them up. The video, recorded by the surgeons, has […]
Medical doctors urged to draw line between profession ethics and business
The gynaecologist proposed a number of strategies to effectively balance the two objectives
