donpeey22: It's pathetic that you seem not to know the negative inpact the prolonged strike has on the nation's health care system. Just imagine a scenario where you stepped out of your house in the morning on your way to work and got involved in a ghastly motor accident, you were rushed to the accident and emergency unit of one the federal teaching hospitals unconscious having lost so much blood, and no doctor was on ground to revive you. Unfortunately, you may not be alive to even understand the fact that a lab technician could not help you at that point of distress. FYI, I'm a die hard supporter of Jonathan's administration.

walchizmo: So sad to see the hatred people have for drs. Hopefully, the eventual outcome of this struggle will end up benefitting ALL, including the haters.- a functional health insurance for all, Drs who are motivated, skilled with better equipped hospitals and staff.

anonimi:

what of teachers, policemen, soldiers, civil servants etc etc.....in short ALL government workers need to have their salaries raised in line with what our legisLOOTERS receive monthly and NOT based on the MISERABLE N18,000 minimum wage that is not even paid to the FRAUDULENT "empoyered" youths like those in Aregberascal's O'YES and old women road cleaners in LASG

Anything short of that means we are ALL confirmed & certified MUMUS

suwailad: why are they attacking chukwu when the main culprit is GEJ? these guys are damn clueless

suwailad: why are they attacking chukwu when the main culprit is GEJ? these guys are damn clueless

dvee2:

Lol I laugh at people who do not understand what is going on. People do not hate doctors, what you are seeing is that you are dealing with a president who had recruited and paid legions to crush whatever discuss against him online. So you will be naive to assume that the opinion here represent the general public, far from it. Majority do not think through the merit or demerits of this action, what they are concerned with is how does this action affect s the chances of their paymaster vis a vis 2015 election.

Sincere9gerian: This is what you get in a society that encourages EVIL. When ASUU was on strike for 6 months and were collecting salaries and moving from one TV station to another defending that evil strike, most Nigerians cheered them on. I was one of the very few voices that opposed the ASUU strike.

Well, since ASUU succeeded with the connivance of the larger society, you should expect other labour unions to also follow suit.

NMA has always cited the ASUU example to justify it's current strike.

Every society should learn to live with evil or monster it creates.

Labour unionism has been elevated to a very lucrative business and an alternative govt in Nigeria.

Strike is not the only approach for pressing for demands by these labour unions, especially in a democracy, but they have all adopted strikes because of laziness.

ajetii:

2. In a saner climes like Israel the doctors were on strike for 5 months for similar reasons. No JOHESU vilification and impostors from the public eventually peace a brokered, agreement were reached. You can read this here
https://www.nairaland.com/1809026/israeli-doctors-strike-finally-ends

chronique: At the end of the day,you'd say you went to school. What kind of crayfish arithmetic is this? The hazard allowance is 1.6 billion naira per month for 16,000 doctors,and 19.2 billion yearly. Next time,learn how to vet your figures properly before posting them as facts. You're another Sanusi Lamido in the making,who doesn't know how to add figures properly before coming to the public to state them as facts.

chronique: At the end of the day,you'd say you went to school. What kind of crayfish arithmetic is this? The hazard allowance is 1.6 billion naira per month for 16,000 doctors,and 19.2 billion yearly. Next time,learn how to vet your figures properly before posting them as facts. You're another Sanusi Lamido in the making,who doesn't know how to add figures properly before coming to the public to state them as facts.

datribune:




U ar guilty of what people accuse GEJ of doing - blaming d opposition. It's amazing dat u don't seem to know dat as it stands in today's nigeria, d integrity of d nigerian doctor is at its lowest ebb. I'm not sure i've ever supported GEJ on dis forum, but I'm absolutely wit him on dis one. Foi, d street chemist has bcom more relevant & does more 4 d average nigerian than d overhyped, arrogant, always-on-strike, poorly trained nigerian doctor who wit his archaic, 2nd rate training is not better than a glorified first aider wit an overblown sense of self-importance. These chemists along wit d alternative healers hav always stood by & taken care of d nigerian people when dis greedy guys go on their conscienceless, murderous, never-ending strikes.

anonimi:

what of teachers, policemen, soldiers, civil servants etc etc.....in short ALL government workers need to have their salaries raised in line with what our legisLOOTERS receive monthly and NOT based on the MISERABLE N18,000 minimum wage that is not even paid to the FRAUDULENT "empoyered" youths like those in Aregberascal's O'YES and old women road cleaners in LASG

Anything short of that means we are ALL confirmed & certified MUMUS

sammieguze: My opinion... Their joblessness over the time is really getting at them.


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namuguibe: See our doctors looking angry and hungry ..
this is sad....
if you go abroad, all their doctors look fresh and happy.
here, we go more importance to football association than doctors

bushdoc9919:

Your wife has an obstructed labour. Who do you call? The chemist or.....the doctor?

Your child has severe kidney failure....with all the complications. Who do you call....? The chemist or the doctor.?

You have appendicitis....and your appendix needs to be removed. Who do you call....the chemist or the doctor?

Your friend has fractured both his thigh bones....and it is a complex fracture. Who do you call....the chemist or the doctor.?

Your uncle has cataracts. Can't see. Will the chemist do the operation for him to see?

Your niece has Hirchsprung disease. Will the chemist help him....or the doctor?

Your friend's dad has a hemmorhagic stroke. Will the chemist do the operation he needs to survive?

Your co-worker has Hodgkin's lymphoma.Is it the chemist who will mix something for him?

Your newly born nephew has an omphalocoele. Is it the chemist that will do the operation that will fix it?

Your cousin has kidney failure....and needs a new kidney. Is it the chemist that will put it in?

Your friend has a big diabetic foot. Is it the traditional healer that will help him?

Your sister has breast cancer.It's bad. Is it the chemist that will help her?


Your brother and his wife have difficulty conceiving.Is it the chemist or the traditional healer that would do her well...or the trained doctor.

Your friend's mother has Alzhemier's. Who will you call? The chemist?


And finally....

poorly trained nigerian doctor who wit his archaic, 2nd rate training is not better than a glorified first aider wit an overblown sense of self-importance.

Do you know the operating environment of your doctor? Do you know how bad it is? Do you know the struggles s/he has with no equipment, limited staff,poor facilities....that s/he contends with everyday? Do you.....or are you too much a slave to your bitterness that you cannot see?

Grow up.

redsun:

I wish being perfect in the master's language is part of my worries,I would have been so joyous (certainly not because you've lost all hopes of probable perfection). My main worry is having to be of your kind that doesn't have original intuitionS that spurS thinking (there, you go again). The only reason why you guys are lazy intellectUALA (is this the English of the intellectually industrious?) and talk about BSs like this in the 21st century is that you don't understand the language you speak,write and learn with. Education to you is just reading, cramming ( which is obviously not what you've ever done in your life) and writing like almajrins (I've heard of Almajiris, but, Almajrins? Who are those? I hope they are not your regular ninjas) that merizes (this means what, exactly? The word is not in English language. Or, is it a monkeyspeak?) quoran in Arabic without understanding a word. It doesn't help you to think,theorise,formalarize (perhaps, formaldehyde. It will be similarly abused if used by you) and initiate,that is why you are unproductive and helpless as a society. You can't be educated (Omowe o!) and living like you live there, even little creatures like ants are more proactive amd (this is a typo, I know that) more organized compare (em!) to you guys there that call yourselves educated (using ants to edify humans has become stale, but, you can't know that, can you? You're too educated for such trifles).

You need to be reorientated before you can get the message.

eaglechild:
Who do you think signed the memo, it was the permanent secretary on behalf of the dishonourable minister.

Besides GEJ knows nothing about the details of residency training, it the minister's advice that will guide him.

saxywale: If you see some luxury sport cars wey doctors dey drive for here......your jaw go drop but atleast, they have paid their dues. Student loan here would set a new doctor back by at least circa $300,000 (around 51 Million naira) in debt. They also get paid around $40,000 per year during their 3 years residency(the minimal amount of time to complete residency in family medicine). They only start making good money after completion of residency.
Imagine fresh graduate from uni with that amount of money(51 million naira) in debt
Note: Amount quoted includes fees, tuition, accommodation, feeding and with a very mild interest on borrowing.

ajetii: Most people here are busy running their mouth off and vilifying the doctors. Only few people realize it is the public and the government that will suffer the dire consequences of this thoughtless andi irresponsible move for the following reasons

1. As a thoughtful reminder for the uninformed the resident doctors are the engine rooms of all the hospitals sacking them is futile and only means the paralysis of the health system in Nigeria continues. (I like your saying the 'paralysis... Continues'. Replacements abound for the sacked ones, you'll be surprised. While blending them into the system, we may experience the kind of paralysis that we are already used to. That's a sacrifice that we're willing to make).

2. In a saner climes like Israel the doctors were on strike for 5 months for similar reasons. No JOHESU vilification and impostors from the public eventually peace a brokered, agreement were reached. You can read this here
https://www.nairaland.com/1809026/israeli-doctors-strike-finally-ends
(Someone else has already addressed this on this forum. I don't need to go into it)

3. If I were a resident doctor and you sack me, I'll open my shop and start consulting, and you guys are going to pay me good money. Of course you have the option of patronizing alternative medical practitioner, YEmKEM, chemists and your JOHESU consultants.
(Brother, you're very welcome. At least, we'll be sure that you're drawing remuneration for the work you do.)

The truth is that while on strike they (the doctors) are still been consulted by JOHESU members and their families who are sick on a private arrangement (so, why do they look so much like touts?). Never mind all these acrimonious comments and vituperations.
Some of these comments simply show Nigerians deserve their leaders (Is this because we don't agree with your insensitivity to your calling?). Leaders who think that decapitating a whole head is the solution to an headache. Am out of here.

fyneboi79: Are you ok

sammieguze: Mr man... Like i said, it is my opinion. You don't av to have headache over it.

Thank you

fyneboi79: You don't have to be polite about it,I understand. I understand all minds are not equal But some opinions are better left unspoken