By CHIOMA OBINNA
Lagos State chapter of the
Nigerian Medical Association,
NMA, has faulted paramedics/
allied health professionals at the
University College Hospital, UCH,
Ibadan over their plan to down
tools to protest doctors’
appointment as leaders of the
sector.
The paramedics/allied health
professionals had threatened to
embark on industrial action
following the appointment of a
laboratory physician
(pathologist) as the Deputy
Chairman, Medical Advisory
Committee (DCMAC) of the
Laboratory Services in UCH.
Speaking during a press
conference to announce NMA’s
53rd Annual General Meeting in
Lagos, tagged:“Eko 2013”, Lagos
State Chairman of NMA, Dr.
Francis Faduyile, condemned the
agitation for the removal of
doctors as leaders of the health
sector, saying the decision of the
hospital was the norm
worldwide.
His words, “We stood by the
decision of the Chief Medical
Director of UCH, Ibadan on the
appointment of doctors as heads
and we are calling on the
Federal Government not to be
cowed by the health workers’
threat, as this appointment was
in tandem with international
standards.”
Faduyile explained that
pathologists are medical doctors
who had gone for five or six
years’ post-graduate specialist
training in laboratory medicine
making them specialist
laboratory physicians.
On the 53rd Annual General
Meeting (AGM)/ Scientific
Conference billed to hold April
29 NMA through May 5 in
Lagos, he said the theme is “e-
Health: Potentials for improving
healthcare in Nigeria” adding
that over 2,500 doctors across
the country are expected to
attend