Graphics: Man saved by doctors after being impaled by handle of sledgehammer
According to the Senior Registrar on call in Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgeon Ear, Dr. Ibekwe Nnaemeka, this pierced via the anterior and exited on the posterior. However, as God may have it, he was not in any respiratory distress and vitals are relatively stable on presentation.
PUMS: Finding 425,000 doctors to meet WHO’s recommendation
Nigeria has an estimated 35,000 medical doctors, amounting to one physician per 6, 000 residents or one physician to 1, 000 families
Lagos doctors seek reforms in state health system
Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government have tasked Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on the need to prioritise reforms in the state’s health sector. The doctors under the auspices of Medical Guild in its congratulatory message signed by the Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed noted that the health sector was an important sector in socio-economic development, as the provision of affordable, accessible and qualitative healthcare to the populace is of primary importance in the drive towards attainment of a developed society. Setting an agenda for the new governor, they argued that development in the health sector can be achieved through recruitment of more health workers to replace staff that left the system.
Introduce exit policy to end shortage of medical doctors, NMA tells govt
CONCERNED over the acute shortage of health workers within the health system in Nigeria and Lagos in particular, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in Lagos State, yesterday, called for the introduction of a seamless exit replacement policy within the health system in order to end the current brain drain affecting healthcare delivery in the country.
OOUTH unfits to produce competent doctors , says Abiodun
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Sunday expressed shock over the deplorable condition of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, describing it as unfit to produce competent Doctors.
Anambra : CMD begs striking doctors to return to work, urges more negotiations
The Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka has appealed to its doctors on strike to end the strike and return to work.
Anambra: Why doctors are on warning strike — MDCAN
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) branch, says doctors embarked on a warning strike to demand for improved working condition.
Anambra: Patients stranded as consultants join resident doctors on strike
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) on Monday embarked on a seven-day warning strike.
Shortage of doctors creating crisis in Lagos hospitals — Medical Guild
MEDICAL doctors, under the employ of Lagos State Government, yesterday, lamented the ‘acute shortage’ of medical personnel across health facilities in the state, saying that the situation is currently affecting the quality of care patients receive at the centres.
Brain Drain: NMA bemoans exodus of doctors to foreign countries
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has bemoaned the exodus of indigenous doctors to foreign countries.
We are worried over doctors’ unemployment – Resident Doctors
The Abuja Branch of the Association of Resident Doctors has expressed worry over the increasing number of unemployed medical practitioners in the country.
