Doctors And Their Pay Packets

honestly people,shouldn"t doctors be d highest paid professionals?i mean after readin many many many books,d average doc can't afford a brand new kia piccanto!ain"t that messed up

it supposed to be a humanity study,  its not bout money, they should be compared to priests,

well said idupaul,  as a matter of fact, I see it as belonging to the category as teachers,social workers, soldiers and yellow fevers!

It ain't about the money! It's about the smile you leave on peoples faces and more importantly the lives you save!

So to our young minds who are still in school and hoping to read merecine,dentistry etc (that is what my grandma calls it); think twice, if you are only interested in the bucks!

its quite unfortunate.
Its not about bucks really but its really difficult helping others when your own basic needs arent met,when the society,family and friends expect a lot from you because they think as a doctor you should be making quite an amount of money.
the job is tasking,it takes toll on your health,working days and nights,it is also emotionally tasking empathizing with those in pains, all doctors are asking for are not limousines, no, they only want to be able to afford a decent living in nigeria.
Most of those who criticise docs are the type who would rather call a doctor friend on phone when they have health issues than go to the hospital, it must be realised that these health workers also have needs that must be met or esle we'll keep talking about brain drain till kingdom come, actually i don't think its brain drain,its more like brain flight!

I have a doctor friend serving in nigeria who was paid 18,000 a month!!! how appaling and you expect such a person to give his best in patient care? we must be joking!

There is no Medical Practitioner that is earning that ridiculous amount in Nigeria,even Nurse Muyiwa(Ward-maid) will not take that amount.Medical Practitioner should be paid well.

BabaCT u probably know very few rich doctors, try & check they earn good money maybe the 1 in question is lazy -SO SORRY

You guys should stop making a fool of yourself. Some doctors in Nigeria even earn below N18,000.

I wonder how somebody is suppose to be serious with his job wth that kind of pay.

Shame on Nigeria.

It's a shame on our government. A friend once told me that in Naija, you not only contend with witches and wizards, but that the government itself is so evil and demonic, they'll terrorize and make a big nonsense of your life for you no matter how hard working and righteous you can be.

The doctors should get out of the country and get better jobs outside. I have a lot of Medical Doctors as friends here (mostly Nigerians) They are the best paid and live the best lives. Though they first have to write some exams and therafter only make money when they run their own practices sha.

Whoever is saying doctors are getting payed less then 18,000 =N= is fooling themselves. obviously they are not getting what their counterparts abroad are getting, and this is very sad! but I know of a friend who is doing his practicals and he is getting over 100,000 =N=, which to me is still not very much, best bet in Nigeria is to open a private clinic, which also costs too, 

I mentioned that the guy in question is serving i.e NYSC in a adamawa state govt hospital, see i know its hard to believe for those outside the sector but its real, someone mentioned over 100,000, yes thats for those doing their internship(in a FEDERAL GOVT HOSPITAL) for which you compete with a thousand others for a few postitions to get in, and if you don't get in in 2 years, you return to medschool for some exams before continuing,now ask your friend how easy it was to get in, those in state hospitals get so much less,I'm sure you know they serve immediately after the internship you talked about, so imagine the downgrading of income, its crazy! @ roughlen please where is your village,thats is the joke of the century,even national hospital in abuja does not pay NYSC doctors 70k(its less)
and see even in lagos that someone mentioned,the best u get in a private hospital is about 60k(except the likes of nicholas which pay 100000k.) i know about this things because i was in that system,so most docs end up running two hospitals together i.e your whole life is spent working days,nights and weekends and you still wont make 150k(about 625 pounds) at the end of the month!
Ive encouraged many people to also leave the country because its just not worth the stress.don't blame doctors,its only natural for people to gravitate to where their work is apreciated.
The problem with nigerians is seeing things the way gov sees it, thats bad because they can afford to travel out to treat 'malaria' while their supporters who believe docs are like 'yellow fevers' will face the decayed health sector,Lets think and get priorities right.

God help nigeria!

You've got to be kidding me! 120 K in a local govt?!! there is no way an LG will pay that amount to a corper doctor, even LG doctors don't earn that much

18K for a corper is quite feasible depending on the state where the person served - salaries for corper doctors range from say 25-60K again depending on how generous your state is.

the highest paid doctors now . . . are in Federal hospitals, some states & a few private hospitals (very rare). I am talking more about young doctors & not those who have 10-15 years of service under their belt, have consultant status (specialists) & can command 250 - 400K/month salaries. Despite all these, many doctors have to work 2-3 jobs as well as a lot of "runs" - don't let me go into all that - to earn as much as 120K per month.


al you who say doctors should be humanitarians - na humanitarianship go put food on my table, clothe me & help take care of my family's needs. Eg when my kids school fees are due, I shld just send a note to the principal - I'm a Humanitarian, no school fees to be paid!

What a load of BULL!

@ Aiyetunje: it depends.

There was a doctor friend who got lucky during his youth service years ago. He was posted to some governor's village and treated the governor's mother. The grateful governor dashed him a lot of things, including money. He really enjoyed his stay there.

Some local governments pay well while others could care less.

At the other extreme, another doctor was posted to one village where the local govt council neglected to pay his salary because they said they were at war with the neighboring village which also happened to be where the pay office (or whatever) was based. The other village (their enemies), didnt do the necessary paperwork required for the doctor to get paid. The doctor wasnt even from their side yet he was made to bear the brunt of their quarrel.  Na only God saved that doctor from malnutrition.

Guys
Hey guys' you have to understand one thing about NYSC and Corper Doctors. AS far as the mandatory national service is concerned, an NYSC worker is serving Nigeria, and it is assumed that it is still part of the academic system. Thus everyone is expected to make do with the N7500 a month. It is obvious that this amount is not meant to be spent in America or Great Britain; as far as you remain in the local community where you are supposed to  be for a year, this money will be sufficient for you (including rent and feeding). For those who serve in urban areas, I believe the state government have some additional stipends.  It's unfortunate that in some organisations and states, this additional stipends go so high that Youth servers begin to compare national service with a career jobs, which is not meant to be. Doctors are not the only ones who do NYSC, I'm Computer Engineer, presently earning my living in UK, in my days, I was sent to a secondary school that didn't have a single computer. They neither studied physics nor Chemistry, I ended up teaching Mathematics, Social Studies, and Christian Religious Studies. So there's no problem with a doctor earning N18000

Is anyone of you guys a Doctor?
try being one, then you'll be in a better position to make comments

this might have been years back
I'm servin in lagos in one local govt health centre i get paid 40,000 cash every mnth and plus nysc allowance 9,725
then i have a job thats also full time wch pays more than the local govt
 in total i almost clock 120,000 a mnth
but its not easy ooo combining both jobs ,  then i sneak in a few night shifts at some other hospital where I'm paid per hour
my parents are so dissaponted that i hav to work this hard to make what some people work 8-4pm and get double
 but a man has to survive ooo  i don't mind the work because i  can't sit idle for long  
after nysc subtract the 40,000 from the 120,000 thats what ill be earning if i don't make a move oooo and now they r asking me to marry
for where

for health care to improve we need to pay doctors well ,so we can be motivated and inspired
the pay at present is so disheartning , unhappy doctors result in misdiagnosis and poor health care delivery  
note after nysc u will be seein me at the australian,newzealand, american , uk, embassies oooo
any one that wrks fine
it not easy out there no doubt
is that not why we r niaja ------  turn any situation into a god thing
what a shame  

on a lighter note my new boss did her residency in the usa  (board certified) and she came back t naija as she says to "make a difference"
seein her smile and happy every day makes me have hope for naija.
all those of us out there lets think of coming home to make a differnce not
buy moet, henessey, barcadi in d clubs to show us how successful u r

  

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I'm servin in lagos in one local govt health centre i get paid 40,000 cash every mnth and plus nysc allowance 9,725
then i have a job thats also full time wch pays more than the local govt
 in total i almost clock 120,000 a mnth
but its not easy ooo combining both jobs ,  then i sneak in a few night shifts at some other hospital where I'm paid per hour
my parents are so dissaponted that i hav to work this hard to make what some people work 8-4pm and get double
 but a man has to survive ooo  i don't mind the work because i  can't sit idle for long 
after nysc subtract the 40,000 from the 120,000 thats what ill be earning if i don't make a move oooo and now they r asking me to marry.for where"

My guy, i feel you.

Obviously the average nigerian worker must work extra hard to earn enough to take care of even the basic needs. God help this country. I still can't imagine why our legislators can't find a way of compelling the government to pay more when they can just wake up one day and decide to increase their own pay ridiculously.  Chei, God must help this country. Obodo Oyibo, here i come!![b][/b]