Medical Doctors' Forum: Let Us Know You!

I just stumbled on this thread and i found it very useful. @phantom, pls let's resuscitate this thread.

i read an advert in punch today of uni of maiduguri looking to employ MBBS holders (doctors) for N897,000-N100000 pa i.e abt N83,000 per month and the only incentive is a so-called 'passage' (watever that means) for you & your dependents of not up to 18yrs of age. Same for a professor of medicine (PhD, highest level of medical career) with a salary of 2.7m-3.4m pa i.e N283,000 per month. This are full time positions for christsake!!!

@zerocool,
Are those figures supposed to be with or without oncalls? They're still appalling, any which way!

@Zerocool,
What you asked in your 'first post above' may be better answered by somebody who already works in the 'Corporate World'. So you may get a better response if you post that question again on the bankers, and other relevant, forums. It may also be relevant to find somebody who knows somebody working in the career pathway you're interested in, and see what advise they'd give to you.

It shouldn't be a problem to switch careers, though. People who studied religious studies and that sort of thing have been able to enter the corporate world, so i see no reason why somebody with a bankground in medicine would fare any worse.

@Moji8888

To practice in Canada you will need to pass their medical licensing exams, equivalent to the PLAB and USMLE. I have been told that the exam is slightly easier than the USMLE, however the problem is what will happen after you've passed the exams! It's a lot more difficult to enter the system than, say the US. Even if you've passed the exams.

Here is a link to all the information you need to work in Canada as a foriegn trained Doctor, with the relevant contacts http://www.careertips.com/Canada_f_univ_med_foreigngrads.htm

With regards to doing the MpH in Harvard, you may need to check on their website yourself. Good luck!

Sorry am not a medical student.i just want to contribute as per schooling in yankee.Why not go to petersons.com,mail search for schools,mail them n explain all u hv on ground to back your application.Surely if u pursue the admission,u will get the visa

Scholarships are available for students worldwide through the school.So contact d sch and explain to them if u r eligible for scholarship. For u 2 sit and expect scholarship  its almost impossible to get.

@Zerocool,
Out of interest, what do people working in banks earn in Nigeria?

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@beneli; A medical career can really have good rewards depending on so many factors. But it won't be a bad idea to have an MBA with the medical degree, It can be used to get an HMO manager position.

Good morning. Just joining this thread. I am one of those doctors that never tried to leave the country and now even if i wanted to I think I am too old. One issue I have with medicine and Doctors  in Nigeria is our near total reliance in other people (government) for everything. A few years ago it dawned on me that the most progressive specialties in Nigeria have a strong private practice culture.The Ophthalmologist and Urologist are examples. In private practice they are doing laser eye surgeries here in Nigeria meanwhile some government hospitals are still doing cataract extraction  without IOL's. Private urologists are doing Trans Urethral Prostatic Resections and getting paid well for it while teaching hospitals are still doing open prostatectomies. Private radiology centres have CT machines and MRI's  and are able to maintain them even when teaching hospitals get them they breakdown and become none functional. Note that none of the industries we keep comparing our salaries to are government owned (oil companies and banks) if government were to run them (like most Tertiary hospitals) they would be worse off than we are.
Till we Doctors wake up and really realize that we are in the BUSINESS of saving lives and take our destiny into our own hands , I think  we will continue crying and nobody will ever tell us sorry.
That's my take I may be wrong, but till proven otherwise that's what i believe.

allycat,
Whilst i agree with you that we cannot compare government organisations with the private sector,its also important to take cognisance of the peculiarities of our noble profession. The government has a great role to play in the health care of its citizens because not every one  would be able to afford proper medical care if left to.Theres the need for proper subsidisation of health care by the government. a large chunk of the budget should be allocated to health care. Sincerely we cant afford to make BUSINESS out of health care especially in nigeria.the result would be that proper health care would only be for the rich while the poor be left at the mercy of a conscienceless government.
This is my take.Anyone else has a say?

In most countries of the world where there are great advances in medicine,the system is driven by private enterprise. Hospitals in America such as John hopkins, Mayo's group and Emory University School of Medicine are not funded by the American Government but by trust funds and foundations. Great Ormond street hospital in the UK is also funded not by the Government but by a Foundation trust. In India where we are all running to for treatment now, the hospitals doing all the medical miracle's are private enterprises. The same applies for most other countries except communist countries like Cuba where the government controls everything. And i tell you the doctors there are trying to get out too. 
Where government is directly involved they provide basic health care and emergency services which are usually not profitable. The doctors in these hospitals are not paid anything special when compared to other sectors of their economies.
The business of government is to provide the enabling environment  and regulatory frame work such as health insurance so that everybody can afford basic health care. Don't forget research, for medicine to progress there must be research going on and that is never funded by government. What we Doctors in Nigeria need to do is to stop waiting for government to do for us and start doing for ourselves.
Nigeria is in such a mess now that if we are waiting for government to start paying us jumbo salaries and super funding the hospitals we will wait for a very loong time. First let them give us electricity, running water, good roads, reduce the cost of bringing in equipment and stop taxing hospitals like hotels. The cost of running private hospitals will come down.  Hopefully if that happens we will be generous enough to pass that reprieve to our patients.

looks like the president has finally signed the MSS, looks like we have better days ahead, suffered for too long.congrats to my colleagues if this is really true, 

@Phantom,
What's this MSS thing that the government has finally signed all about?

is it really true that FG has finally signed the mss scale.? if so when was it signed and when is it going to take  effect.pls anybody with good info should reply.thanks