The Government of Nigeria, on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to end the ongoing action. The MoA was the second in a fortnight. The first one was signed on March 31, but was later rejected by the striking doctors, NAN reports. Minister of Labour and […]
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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has sent apologies to Nigerians over the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The resident doctors began an indefinite strike on Thursday, 1st April, over salary arrears and owed allowances. Addressing newsmen on Sunday April 4 in Abuja, Enema Amodu, NMA chairman of the federal […]
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Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have commenced it’s proposed nationwide strike despite the Federal Government’s efforts to stop the action. NARD gave the explanation on Thursday in a message posted on the association’s Twitter account, @nard_nigeria. It reads, “Nigerians must understand that we love them and the strike is not intended […]
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Nigeria’s minister of labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, says being a medical doctor since 1979 puts him in a position to know the situation of things in the health sector. In a statement issued by Nwachukwu Obidiwe, his spokesman, Ngige denied making the statement on medical doctors which sparked off reactions on Wednesday. When he appeared […]
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The University of Uyo on Thursday administered physician’s oath on 28 medical doctors, who recently completed their training in the institution’s college of health sciences. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Enefiok Essien, said that the ceremony (Sponsio Academica) marked 13th of its kind, having inducted 53 doctors in 2018. Essien, who was represented by […]
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The National Chairman of JOHESU, Biobebelemoye Josiah, has alerted the public on purported efforts by Nigerian doctors to frustrate ongoing talks to end the four-week-old strike embarked upon by the union. Mr Josiah, who raised the alarm when he fielded questions from journalists in Abuja, also accused the Ministry of Health of collaborating with the […]
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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm over the low ratio of medical doctors to patients in the country. Mike Ogirima, president of the association, expressed the concern in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Thursday. Ogirima said at the moment, Nigeria had a ratio of one medical doctor to 6000 people. […]
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Even after one dies, certified by doctors, the body’s cells continue to function. This is the startling finding by scientists, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the scientists, the body’s cells host post-mortem genetic expression for 24 to 48 hours. All of the biological functions that make life […]
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No fewer than 447 of the 686 foreign trained doctors who wrote the assessment test of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) failed. The Federal Government decried the poor performance of the foreign trained medical and dental graduates as only 249 were successful in the examination conducted in November 2017. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister […]
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Doctors in Kogi are angry over the inability of the state to pay their full monthly salary and have resolved to shut hospitals on Monday. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its members to resume strike on Monday over state governments’s failure to meet their demands. Dr Godwin Tijani, the Chairman of the association, […]
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