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COVID-19: Doctors in Nigeria kick against inviting Chinese medical team
By echotitbits -April 6, 2020034


A group of Nigerian doctors. (File Photo)
The Nigerian Medical Association has kicked against a plan by the Federal government to import a team of 18 medical personnel to aid the nation’s efforts in combating the ravaging coronavirus.

In a statement released by the association, NMA president, Francis Faduyile on Sunday described government’s decision as a priority that is misplaced.

Faduyile stated that the idea is “a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the Association and other health workers who are giving their best in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic under deplorable working conditions.”

Since the announcement of the plan by the Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, last Friday, the FG has come under criticism.

One of the groups who criticized government was the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The union argued that inviting an 18-man member medical team from China to handle COVID-19 cases in Nigeria is unnecessary. It added that Nigerian medical personnel were already handling the pandemic well.

In a bid to clarify government’s plan, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Garba Abari on Sunday said the Chinese team are only invited to share their experiences as per how COVID-19 was managed in China. He said this will include expert suggestions.

Abari affirmed that the intention of government is not to have the Chinese medical team take over operations of the COVID-19 fight in Nigeria.

The NOA DG explained that “whatever information the Chinese medical team makes available to NCDC will be filtered and applied to address the peculiar challenges of the country on handling the COVID-19 scourge.”

He added that as Nigeria is dealing with a global pandemic just as the rest of the world, government will not reject whatever assistance that comes its way.

Regardless of government’s clarification, Nigerian doctors have shown their opposition to a plan to import doctors from China.

While further expressing the association’s rejection of the plan, the NMA president accused government of neglecting extant laws that regulate the practice of medicine in Nigeria as contained in the Medical and Dental Council Act.

Faduyile noted that “this is one such circumstance where the Medical and Dental Council of Nigerian should be consulted to grant necessary approvals to foreigners to interact with Nigerian patients.”

He also added that the association of Nigerian doctors was subjected to the “ignominy of not being carried along in arriving at such a decision”.

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