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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by tempest69: 7:12pm On Oct 18, 2018
obonujoker:
Lol.....why did he ban it?? so long it does not disturb their commitment to govt hospitals (it does actually) ......
Are you for real.. When we know that they deliberately kill the govt hospital to divert clients to there private hospitals.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:12pm On Oct 18, 2018
Oduduwaboy:
Nairaland and its array of childish comments sha!
So you want to tell me you don't know it's to the advantage of the masses for the government to make doctors choose between government work or private employment? Are you people truly interested in having a better country?

They are not!
We live in a society of "Dog eat Dog". Greedy, Selfish and wicked souls!
It has become acceptable now that everyone should join hand in ruining this country, so some can cecede, so some can become a mafia and local war-lords, e.t.c as we have in some failed countries liek Syria, Yemen, Somalia, e.t.c

It is a very sad reality but we should give the 'slow' President Buhari some Kudos, for taking this bold step.
Be sure to see the evil people crying and wailing over this. undecided undecided

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by greaterlove001: 7:13pm On Oct 18, 2018
This is in the positive direction. Our doctor are a part of the problems in our health care system by sabotaging the system.
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Baroba(m): 7:13pm On Oct 18, 2018
AntiWailer:
Some chronic 1diots will not even other to understand the implication of this.

They just have too type something.

No mind them, Naija doctors are leaving in droves to Europe, Carribbean, US, Canada and other African countries.

Let them keep celebrating draconian policies such as this, very soon native doctors and agbo sellers will be Una only source of healthcare in Nigeria..

This animal called Buhari wasted tax payers money at a British private hospital, one night stay at NHS hospital ( not private) cost about £400 minimum, now imagine what private will cost for 3 months plus.

Nigerians should come together and remove this disaster, this is not about APC or PDP.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by BEASTER(m): 7:13pm On Oct 18, 2018
That is nonsense and impossican't so far as Nigerians are concerned. Why don't PMB also sign a white paper prohibiting himself and other politician who are in government not to attend hospital abroad?.
Pmb is a joker.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Kingstanding: 7:15pm On Oct 18, 2018
BankeSmalls:
We're in 1984 again grin

Congrats to my sophisticated afonjas who voted this disaster into power.
. You can never see good thing from PMB. What PMB did is good all those doctor are bad when you go to public hospital those doctor will referred you to their private hospital am talking from experience.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Bolubaba(m): 7:15pm On Oct 18, 2018
If this is true, this is the only good thing i can say he did well. I wish he does the same for all public workers.
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Maket: 7:15pm On Oct 18, 2018
grandstar:


If the priest decides to flog those who came late to church, what of those that did not come?

The country should be grateful that still have such highly experienced doctors on ground despite the peanuts they are paid.

If this law is adhered to, it will either be circumvented by also using stooges, by abandoning the public hospitals ( that would be a disaster) and focusing on private practice full time or fleeing abroad.

The primary reason why they have private hospitals because of the peanuts they are being paid. That's why a blind eye has been turned by the establishment.

they should either manage the peanut or go outside (if they can and if the can be accommodated) for Yamnut instead of been here frustrating the FG effort by stealing drugs for their private use while these who go there keep suffering.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Horo(m): 7:15pm On Oct 18, 2018
Well done my amiable presidor let them concentrate on their job or resign to focus on their private clinics so that young unemployed doctors can replace them

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by drnoel: 7:16pm On Oct 18, 2018
Bethor:


Very, very good..!!
They would learn to concentrate on their work now...they either choose to work for the government or go and establish their own...simple..!!
No public doctor should be allowed to be using government resources to finance their own private entity..
Thumps up for the president if this is true..!!!

Peace..!!!

It won't solve anything cos the doctors will just transfer ownership of their hospitals to relatives, spouses or children. So how does that solve d problem?
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Nobody: 7:17pm On Oct 18, 2018
A GOOD ONE FROM PMB - THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.
THIS SHOULD BRING IN SANITY, DISCIPLINE AND MORE COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR.
ITS LIKE BABA WORKS BEST UNDER PRESSURE - WITH STRONG OPPOSITION.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Standardcosting(m): 7:18pm On Oct 18, 2018
nextstep:
The problem is not that they own a private practice - it's that they only come in once a week or so to the public institution, which is akin to dereliction of duty (something PMB is well-versed in). OK, so I can say my wife or sister owns the private hospital, not me, does this white paper ban me too?
The white paper should be redrafted to include connected persons..
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by asanwafo: 7:21pm On Oct 18, 2018
A lot of people will die in 2019 when PMB will be announced the winner of the presidential election. So casket sellers be on the red alert. Sai Baba! Forget baseless criticism from wailer,well meaning Nigerians are with u. Light will always triumph over darkness. Nigeria must be good again whether they like it or not.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by grandstar(m): 7:22pm On Oct 18, 2018
Daboomb:


Your arguement is devaluing itself!
if anyone feels a Govt job is not paying him/her enough and they have an option of working in the private sector, they should MOVE OUT.
There are so many other people who would galdly do that same job, for the same pay.
But it is sheer greed to try to hold on to both..... and still be complaining that the pay is not good.

One of the reason they engage in private practice is that they want to make more money, be the master/employer of themselves, have an alternative stream of income......... but they should not do it at the expense of the public treasury, no matter how small they get from it.

When Lagos state doctors went on strike some years back, the state stood its ground and the doctors caved in.

Many of these doctors eventually went abroad.

The objective of the law is nice but it isn't facing the problem which is the perceived low pay.

The practicality of a law is more important than its purpose.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Nobody: 7:25pm On Oct 18, 2018
ngadaAwo:
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Shut up!
stop talking Nonsense

I predicted right, you know a child from what they write! Go and play with sand my son!
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Standardcosting(m): 7:25pm On Oct 18, 2018
Ikem11:

Before any action u take try reason the after effect. Banning doctors from owning private hospital as still works as public doctor will make those doctors leave public and face private totally. Mind u to be a doctor to own a private hospital shows how qualified that doctor is. Meaning only small or inexperienced doctors will full public also making private more desirable and more expensive for individuals
It's better let them leave..

These doctors for so long have held patients firmly by their nethers.

Many medical tests are no longer available in public hospitals, instead patients are being referred to doctor owned hospitals in town at higher prices.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:26pm On Oct 18, 2018
tempest69:
Are you for real.. When we know that they deliberately kill the govt hospital to divert clients to there private hospitals.

It is like Atiku, who hold the franchise for MIKANO GENERATORS in Nigeria using some "Syrian Fronts" who have naruralised as Nigerians, telling us that he wants electricity to be stable in Nigeria?
That is not possible because it directly impacts his business and profit.
If necessary, as we have seen in how the Power Privitasiation (which he was head, as Vice President under Obasanjo), they would sabotage it and make sure it does not work.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Vello(m): 7:30pm On Oct 18, 2018
BankeSmalls:
We're in 1984 again grin

Congrats to my sophisticated afonjas who voted this disaster into power.
Typical sentimental response expected of hatred destroyed zombie as you are. Any sane and patriotic should laud this noble initiative but, by your comment, your ignorance and emptiness is exposed.
Stop commenting on national issues; you know nothing. Trust me, you know nada!

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Bolubaba(m): 7:30pm On Oct 18, 2018
drnoel:


It won't solve anything cos the doctors will just transfer ownership of their hospitals to relatives, spouses or children. So how does that solve d problem?
Who's license is the new owner going to use if i may ask? The next is to do is stop them from being medical directors as well because they lack the managmentaril skills. That's why you will see sticks used as drip stand.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:33pm On Oct 18, 2018
grandstar:


When Lagos state doctors went on strike some years back, the state stood its ground and the doctors caved in.

Many of these doctors eventually went abroad.

The objective of the law is nice but it isn't facing the problem which is the perceived low pay.

The practicality of a law is more important than its purpose.

You see this "low pay" thing, has many facets.
First, ALL occupations under Govt in Nigeria have the right to claim "Low Pay".
Teachers do, all Civil servants do, railway worker do, e.t.c

But the reality is that "what a Govt can pay, is dependent not just on what the Govt earns (Crude oil, taxes, e.t.c) but also on the PRODUCTIVITY of the Employees!
We all know the level of productivity of Public employees in this country, compared to their private counterparts.

Why do 'some' private company workers complain of low pay as well?
Airlines, some bank workers, production companies, e.t.c, their workers also complain of low pay.

So, it is not unique to Doctors alone and they cannot use that to justify the malfeanse that goes on in that industry.
Just imagine if Teachers, who are also complaining of low pay, decide to be stealing the text books you bought for oyur child, to resell it in the open market and use "low pay" to justify that?
Would you like it or tell them to make a choice of remianing in service or going to open a Private Bookshop?
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:37pm On Oct 18, 2018
asanwafo:
A lot of people will die in 2019 when PMB will be announced the winner of the presidential election. So casket sellers be on the red alert. Sai Baba! Forget baseless criticism from wailer,well meaning Nigerians are with u. Light will always triumph over darkness. Nigeria must be good again whether they like it or not.

But please and please, tell Sai Baba to take a human look at these Fulani herdsmen slaughter of innocent Nigerians, simply because they want to appropriate their ancestral lands for their cows and ranches. Sambissa forest in the Cow-Zone, it is free, available and very lush.

Why usurp the land of Southerners and middle belters just because your clan is the President, killing thousands of them and burning their villages in the process?

Aisde the above, l have no grouse in voting this man over someone like Atiku, a hundred times.
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by trevorhorace(m): 7:37pm On Oct 18, 2018
Bethor:


Very, very good..!!
They would learn to concentrate on their work now...they either choose to work for the government or go and establish their own...simple..!!
No public doctor should be allowed to be using government resources to finance their own private entity..
Thumps up for the president if this is true..!!!

Peace..!!!
who says they aren't concentrated. Its a question of management. Some are actually just overseers of the private firm. Its another way to diversify income. One makes up for the other. Have you seen the imbalance in public sectors?

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Bolubaba(m): 7:38pm On Oct 18, 2018
speedyGonzales:
Na for experienced doctors to leave hospitals be that for inexperienced newly out of school doctors to kill as many people as possible as they learn on the job and eventually also leave

The experienced doctors ones used patients as experiment to gather the experience they brag about. Let the new doctors enjoy the same privilege.

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Ikem11(m): 7:40pm On Oct 18, 2018
Standardcosting:

It's better let them leave..

These doctors for so long have held patients firmly by their nethers.

Many medical tests are no longer available in public hospitals, instead patients are being referred to doctor owned hospitals in town at higher prices.
Na wa o...
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:43pm On Oct 18, 2018
Baroba:


No mind them, Naija doctors are leaving in droves to Europe, Carribbean, US, Canada and other African countries.

Let them keep celebrating draconian policies such as this, very soon native doctors and agbo sellers will be Una only source of healthcare in Nigeria..

This animal called Buhari wasted tax payers money at a British private hospital, one night stay at NHS hospital ( not private) cost about £400 minimum, now imagine what private will cost for 3 months plus.

Nigerians should come together and remove this disaster, this is not about APC or PDP.



Stop the foul language pls!

There are foreign Doctors in ALL COUNTRIES of the WORLD.
It is not just Nigerian Doctors alone that are leaving their country to practice elsewhere.
There are British Doctors in every other country of the world, just like there are Germans, French, Anericans, e.t.c
Have you not heard of "Mobility fo Labour", in your Economics 101?

Should the President double their Pay and then ban them from travelling overseas to practice? You peopel sef. angry

It is also not all illness that a country can treat.
There are British citizens who go to India for treatment, that does not make their PM an animal.
Some of you sef, blissful ignorance and hatred is a bad mixture

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Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by drnoel: 7:44pm On Oct 18, 2018
Bolubaba:

Who's license is the new owner going to use if i may ask? The next is to do is stop them from being medical directors as well because they lack the managmentaril skills. That's why you will see sticks used as drip stand.

That has never been a problem. Ask urself how none doctors still manage to open, own and run hospitals in Nigeria?
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Willybos(m): 7:44pm On Oct 18, 2018
Maxymilliano:
At the rate he's signing every and anything now, hope he doesn't sign his own death warrant ...
honesty......
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Daboomb: 7:45pm On Oct 18, 2018
trevorhorace:
you are so ignorant, and you are ignorant about your being ignorant .

Mr. Brilliant, make your own point, argue and defend it robustly.

Just abusing people or calling them names does not indicate any level of intelligence.

We are all hear to learn, who knows, you may have a better and more valid point.
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Nobody: 7:46pm On Oct 18, 2018
Pay the doctors 400k entry level salary,then u can talk about this.do u know doctors salary in south Africa here?
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by Nobody: 7:48pm On Oct 18, 2018
Daboomb:


Well, it is a nice adventure to try to break the law and hope you are not caught but one day, the Goat will go to the market and never return. grin grin


We need to applaud the President on this one.
It takes courage to make these bold decisions, not minding that it could have political backlash.
Applaud him for this...?? U must be joking....
Doctors will just set up clinics with names other than their as owners just like in boys owning pharmacy use certificates if licences pharmacist in their shop as proxy owners...That's the end of that law.....

Why is that it's only masses that will make sacrifice...What happened to leaders getting ban from travelling abroad with their children for medical check up...What happened to banning leaders from sending their kids and wards abroad for education..Let him do that and see the ripple effect..... Let them be driving u and u keep applauding....I say again u must be joking
Re: Buhari Signs White Paper That Bars Public Doctors From Owning Private Hospitals by litaninja(m): 7:48pm On Oct 18, 2018
They don't actually use government resources to finance anything. Anyways, govt hospitals just lost half of their doctors due to this....

Bethor:


Very, very good..!!
They would learn to concentrate on their work now...they either choose to work for the government or go and establish their own...simple..!!
No public doctor should be allowed to be using government resources to finance their own private entity..
Thumps up for the president if this is true..!!!

Peace..!!!

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