NMA JEALOUSY STRIKE

Whenever I hear men who deceive the masses like the Lagos NMA Chairman, Mr Peter, I see a man who went to read medicine not as a choice but on the old self ego it once inflicted on them. These are men who do not know a dime about how medicine came about and its pathetic. I hate to incite against a profession but NMA on this deserves to be publicly dragged on the road and flogged to coma. What rubbish that one profession wants to dictate for another how it wants to practice or be addressed. What ego is it that one little profession wants to decide how another profession more valued than his earns salary. I guess its time we truly privatise this hospital so we will know the real medical people who have Nigerian interest at heart. Then the auxillary nurses will be banned and if you need their services, you will pay through your nose to make them work for you. Then most medical courses will have the same course that Mbbs do just as we have in Finland, India and many foreign countries. Then every medical person will go to india for two days to learn how to do scan and we will now seperate those who radiography as a course and who did as a seminar. I will NEVER mentio names but I know many who claim to be radiologist with two days certificate from India and Bulgaria, just as I know those who say they are Physio Cardiopulmonary specialist when they did just three days workshop in Bulgaria. I will not write on this strike at least not now, but I'm getting reports from almost all the Federal Hospitals which for now is not a big deal. Thankfully enough my wife's colleagues are by her to get her back on her feet.
Here is an excerpt from Premium Times on the strike

“The main reason for this strike is politics of selfishness and rivalry with non-medical doctors over the latter winning a court case that allows her members to skip some steps in the service.
“We have appealed and the case is still in the Court of Appeal and have told the doctors to be patient to await the outcome of the case but they would not listen,” Mr. Nwomeh stated.
The rivalry the minister’s aide referenced was also mentioned by the spokesperson of the Lagos NMA, Peter Ogunbiyi, when he listed the seven causes of the strike.
“Government has allowed certain policies in the running of health care system which if not checked will lead to total collapse and paralysis of the system.
Some of these include,” Mr. Ogunbiyi said. “Selective skipping of paramedics from level 10 to 12 to the detriment of doctors as such skipping should have been made to be across board.”

by Fejiro Oliver

pele. e go better.

I don't really understand this people. NMA won't list their complaints like ASUU did. They keep saying government this government that.

I don't want to believe this..
Some of these include,” Mr. Ogunbiyi said.
“Selective skipping of paramedics from level 10
to 12 to the detriment of doctors as such
skipping should have been made to be across
board.”

Oh my!!! *Smh*

Pests are troublesome anyway, one wont just relent in curbing their excesses.

A Lion is fierce and a Tiger is fierce. But A lion remains the king of Animals. NMA may sometimes appear saucy though, but truth is that , in any health setting world over,a doctor heads it. All the part of health team are important but the heads are not to be handled with levity. Privatisation of all hospitals will impact negatively on the masses where a good number live below one dollar per day. NMA just embarked on 5-day warning strike and will be back on monday, 23rd Dec.,2013. The aim is to restore the right order. I have a father and a mother; I would not have been without them;but the father is the head ,as always ,in whatever culture.

U are just wasting ur time. Be expecting insults soon.

johnjames2009: A Lion is fierce and a Tiger is fierce. But A lion remains the king of Animals. NMA may sometimes appear saucy though, but truth is that , in any health setting world over,a doctor heads it. All the part of health team are important but the heads are not to be handled with levity. Privatisation of all hospitals will impact negatively on the masses where a good number live below one dollar per day. NMA just embarked on 5-day warning strike and will be back on monday, 23rd Dec.,2013. The aim is to restore the right order. I have a father and a mother; I would not have been without them;but the father is the head ,as always ,in whatever culture.

johnjames2009: A Lion is fierce and a Tiger is fierce. But A lion remains the king of Animals. NMA may sometimes appear saucy though, but truth is that , in any health setting world over,a doctor heads it. All the part of health team are important but the heads are not to be handled with levity. Privatisation of all hospitals will impact negatively on the masses where a good number live below one dollar per day. NMA just embarked on 5-day warning strike and will be back on monday, 23rd Dec.,2013. The aim is to restore the right order. I have a father and a mother; I would not have been without them;but the father is the head ,as always ,in whatever culture.

Please, the issue is not about who is the head as that one is old news. we are not talking about who is more important now, so Don't turn everything into one. The main koko of the strike is that NMA is jealous of the skipping of steps granted Other health workers by NIC. I think you should focus on that for now.

Losing focus...doctors. Reasons so flimsy that it makes other health professionals to squirm with shame for our supposed coworkers. Doctors,your leaders are taking you people on a jolly ride, smashing your profession in the mud with these childish strikes.
Just a little law that will expand the scope of practice of others as done in other countries and everybody will be scampering to save their jobs....it is high time the government stop pampering doctors and they are really getting enough pressure to do so and it is yielding fruits. Make yourself special like be a neurosurgeon or cardiothoracic surgeon and the rest ......and you won't be fighting like other MBBS holders.