Association of Pathologists of Nigeria,
an affiliate of the Nigerian Medical
Association, on Wednesday expressed
disappointment over the failure of the
Federal Government to bring peace to
the health sector.
The organisation also flayed the
politicisation of strikes by the Joint
Health Sector Unions.
The group also called on other
medical professionals in the sector to
reconsider their threats to go on strike
in the interest of the country.
The President of the APN, Dr. Kenneth
Iregbu, who raised the alarm at a
briefing, regretted that the health care
system in the country was being
sacrificed to please people "on an ego
trip" in a bid to satisfy their inordinate
ambition.
According to him, those who are
agitating that doctors should stop
heading hospitals are ignorant.
He said, "Though the blame for the
rivalry cuts across, the government
should take all the blame because it is
taking everything from a political
perspective. Government has been
doing nothing; the Federal Ministry of
Health has done nothing tangible
about the contentious issues.
Government has failed to put its feet
down in finding solutions.
"How can children be involved in
fracas and their father is doing
nothing? May be they are waiting for
the children to kill themselves. We
have raised the alarm from our own
angle. The government has refused to
do the right thing and they know the
right thing to do. It is our desire that
this situation does not go on like this.
There have been several committees
to resolve the issues in the past, but
what have become of such
committees?"
Iregbu defended the call for
emergency in the health sector.
He said, "The situation calls for a
declaration of state of emergency in
the health sector. We are saying this
because those who are in position to
take the right decision or enforce the
right thing chose to keep quiet
believing that the problems will go
away. It might end up being the
causalities of a near collapsed
healthcare system."
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pathologists are waking up now when they allow medical lab scientists to take over their works. they are lazy and bossing around. in all countries of the world apart from nigeria pathologists direct pathology laboratories. that is why diagnosis is more accurate than in nigeria. medical laboratories without pathologists are cemeteries

Laalamed: pathologists are waking up now when they allow medical lab scientists to take over their works. they are lazy and bossing around. in all countries of the world apart from nigeria pathologists direct pathology laboratories. that is why diagnosis is more accurate than in nigeria. medical laboratories without pathologists are cemeteries

I kind of agree with you. I think the whole sector should be overhauled and remodelled after a functioning system that has stood the test of time, just like the one operating in the US