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Education / Re: Meet Dr Halima Muhammad Best Graduating Student Of Medicine In GSU by alfredo1(m): 9:51am On Jul 06, 2021 |
Every northerner is dumb in the eyes of an average southerner. Such a perception is stupidity of the highest order. You guys need to leave your fathers' houses small. 5 Likes |
Politics / Re: Sheikh Gumi: Bandits Feel Everyone Is Against Them by alfredo1(m): 7:25pm On Mar 10, 2021 |
How can everyone be against them when we don't even know who they are? They don't even need any amnesty if they really want to leave their evil ways. Quietly drop your weapons and life continues. |
Phones / Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by alfredo1(m): 11:01pm On Feb 17, 2021 |
Help! My redmi note 7 earpiece not loud enough during calls. What do I do pls? |
Education / The Suspension Of Medical Education; A Time Bomb Waiting To Explode – Dr. Yaji I by alfredo1(m): 12:36pm On Jan 12, 2021 |
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 The Suspension of Medical Education; A Time Bomb Waiting to Explode – Dr. Yaji Ibrahim Obel 12th January, 2021 As the world is undergoing a serious global health crisis due to the outbreak of the covid-19 which started towards the end of 2019 but was officially declared a pandemic in early 2020, Nigeria as a country is undergoing an educational crisis simultaneously. After The ban on educational institutions were lifted late last year, public institutions were left with the issue of strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to deal with and the matter dragged until 24th December when both the federal government and the union reached a compromise and they called off the prolonged strike, as the strike was ending the second wave of the covid-19 came in and the federal government had to start making arrangement to curb the spread the infection again. The tenure of the presidential task force was extended immediately and the daily briefings resumed with increased daily testing capacity, more measures had to be put in place including indefinite resumption of schools to ensure Nigerians adhere to the covid-19 protocols. I am particularly worried about the way federal government have handled medical education from beginning of the pandemic till date, at the onset of the pandemic many countries especially in the Europe immediately graduated their 5th and 6th year medical students so as to add to their health work force so as to ensure they cope well during the crisis, and to avoid the worst that could happen in such times. While other countries of the world made efforts and put in place different strategies to ensure medical education never stopped because it is obvious no one knows when the pandemic would end, so it was important the pipeline of the medical sector keeps flowing. During the lock down last year several countries kept graduating medical doctors but the case in Nigeria was totally different. After the lockdown was relaxed and schools were granted the permission to resume and only private universities were able to resume and at the moment only 5 Private Universities have been fully licensed to graduate medical doctors they include Bingham University, Afe Babalola University, Bowen University, Igbinedion University and Babcock University. These institutions already had students in final year class and they quickly completed their postings and took their final examinations and graduated their students. Some state governments saw the dangers in the suspension of medical education and immediately initiated some discussions with ASUU in their various state universities to allow medical students resume to ensure the avert shortage of man power at the long run. Nigeria is already facing a massive exodus of health care workers, currently about an average of 12 doctors leave Nigeria weekly, this is in addition to the already poor doctor to patient ration which is about 1:6000 as against the 1:600 as described by the WHO. The quotas allocated to the private universities listed above are far lesser than what is allocated to public universities, like my Alma Matter Bingham University for instance, our quota is currently 50 medical students per class and likewise most of the private universities as against the 75 to 150 allocated to most public universities, so the turnover is always smaller from the private universities than what the public universities can produce at a go. I have followed all the actions and steps taken by the federal government from the beginning of the pandemic till date, I am yet to see any plan by the government about medical education and it is worrisome because it is just a matter of time, by the end of the first quarter of the year there would a serious crisis in the health sector especially for the internship program which is a vital component of the health care system. This is because most interns would be completing their program around that time and so there would be a lacuna which cannot be filled in since no fresh graduates in ground, this would result to chaos. At this point in time it is important the federal government makes alternative plans to ensure medical education continues, regardless of the ongoing surge of confirmed covid-19 cases medical students have to resume school, this because they are already familiar with safety protocols as described by the NCDC and as future health care workers there is no point shying away from the hazards of the professional. The federal government must engage the ministry of Education, NUC, University Authorities and relevant stake holders to get our medical students back to classes, and moving forward I would also want to recommend that ASUU should find a way to exempt our colleges of health sciences in all public universities from any strike action, this because we can’t any further damage to medical education in Nigeria as we already short staffed. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Medical and Dental Consultants Association (MDCAN) with other relevant medical bodies must rise up to the occasion to save medical education at the moment, we cannot afford the disaster awaiting us as a country. Already many internship centers are short staffed of interns and even the doctors produced by private universities are not enough to meet up with these demands, so the need to get medical students back to class cannot be over emphasized. In addition to medical students, the federal government must ensure other student health workers are back classes as well because doctors alone cannot do the work, all nursing schools, medical laboratory science schools, pharmacy schools, radiography, and optometry students must return to class. This must be done as soon as possible because we don’t even know when the pandemic would end. In conclusion, I know I might have sounded bias in my submission because I am a medical doctor but then health matters is a matter of life and death, thus health systems must be kept running without interruption since no one knows who can would require health services any time. My apologies to other students who I could not a make a case for in this piece, I meant no bias at all. I was just concerned about what is matters of life and death at the moment. The federal government must rise to avert a disaster about to happen. May God bless the federal republic of Nigeria. #copied |
Celebrities / Re: Emoney Reacts To Video Of Northerners Dancing Igbo Christian Song: Pics & Video by alfredo1(m): 3:28pm On Dec 21, 2020 |
What if these guys are northern Christians? I'm a northerner, I listen to Igbo Christian songs mostly on Sundays. |
Education / Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto Released Approved Cut Off Point For 2020/2021 by alfredo1(m): 7:27pm On Dec 20, 2020 |
Attached is the utme cut off point 1 Like
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Romance / Re: Guys/ladies Can You Date Or Marry An Only Child? by alfredo1(m): 5:50pm On Dec 06, 2020 |
Imagine getting married to an only child of a billionaire. 1 Like |
Education / Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by alfredo1(m): 7:07pm On Nov 26, 2020 |
Racemate:288 is a fair score. Keep praying. |
Phones / Re: MIUI 12 Feature Introduces Paper Mode In Reading Mode 3.0 by alfredo1(m): 12:06am On Nov 18, 2020 |
Options not on my phone. RN7 miui 12 |
Phones / Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by alfredo1(m): 3:16pm On Nov 10, 2020 |
Ziyech:https: //mirom. ezbox. idv.tw/en/ phone/lavender/ Remove spaces |
Phones / Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by alfredo1(m): 1:50pm On Nov 10, 2020 |
Mckandre:Did that but it wasn't there. I had to turn it on in settings. Thanks for your response. |
Phones / Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by alfredo1(m): 9:05am On Nov 10, 2020 |
Morning fam. Updated my RN7 to miui 12 this morning but I Can't find the control center. Anyway out? |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 7:36am On Nov 10, 2020 |
Omahleigh:Not the pro version |
Politics / Re: Hisbah Demolishes Beer Parlours In Kaduna, Destroys Crates Of Drinks (Photos) by alfredo1(m): 7:34am On Nov 10, 2020 |
I doubt the authenticity of this news. Should be in Kano not Kaduna. 1 Like |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 9:12pm On Nov 03, 2020 |
Thank y'all for the recommendations. Got itel s16 for 31k in Kaduna a week ago. It's a nice phone I must say. |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 9:15pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
Flytime:shoot, I'm all ears. |
Phones / Re: UMIDIGI DISCUSSION THREAD by alfredo1(m): 5:47pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
Wasumtin90:thanks |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 5:45pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
Suzanne99:thanks |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 5:45pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
pweetiedee:alryt. Thanks |
Phones / Re: UMIDIGI DISCUSSION THREAD by alfredo1(m): 9:36pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
WC umidigi device can I get for 30k? |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 9:09pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
2special:on a tight budget sir. You can help my ministry sha. |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 9:07pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
Maddo1:Thanks |
Phones / Re: I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 9:06pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
Annier:I will. Thanks |
Phones / I Have N30k. WC Tecno Or Infinix Can I Get For That Amount. by alfredo1(m): 8:24pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
WC infinix or Tecno smartphone can 30k get me. Ba3 life should be reasonable. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. |
Romance / Re: gegtgv by alfredo1(m): 7:55pm On Oct 02, 2020 |
ReluctantAdult:you can say that again bro. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: gegtgv by alfredo1(m): 4:13pm On Oct 02, 2020 |
It's the norm. A female chaperone is expected to be around. Thank your stars it wasn't a teaching hospital. Medical students would have been around too. 1 Like |
Phones / Re: Screenshot Your Phone Menu And I Would Tell You About Yourself by alfredo1(m): 6:30pm On Aug 06, 2020 |
[quote author=trueguy573 post=92524336] You love to explore You love music You watch porn You love to customize your phone You're a Christian Sometimes you feel depressed mostly after checking the internet[/quote U need counseling bro. Porn go soon ruin you. |
Phones / Re: Screenshot Your Phone Menu And I Would Tell You About Yourself by alfredo1(m): 2:20pm On Aug 06, 2020 |
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Education / Re: I Have Been Withdrawn From Medical School. I Can't Tell My Parents by alfredo1(m): 10:12pm On Jun 03, 2020 |
ShouldIsayit:Criteria for promoting to the next level is not the same for all medical schools, especially 100 level. Most schools admit beyond their quota. Thus, they do funny things to reduce the number of students going to 200 level. I think unilag was sued few years ago because of that. 1 Like |
Education / Re: Seye Oduyale Bags Medical Degree In U.S. After Applying For 8 Schools by alfredo1(m): 10:50am On May 22, 2020 |
Dr na Dr joor me wey go graduate from udu Sokoto fit be better Dr sef. On a serious note, congratulations man. Medical school in Nigeria is damn cheap! Only few federal medical schools pay up to 50k as school fees. |
Health / DG WHO A Former Minister Of Health Is Not A Medical Doctor. Can NMA Allow Such by alfredo1(m): 6:30am On Apr 16, 2020 |
Over the years the position of the honourable of minister of health has seemingly been the exclusive right of medical doctors, though I'm not sure this has any constitutional backin. Any attempt to alter this tradition will lead to serious agitations by NMA often times resulting in strikes. Despite this tradition, the health care system continue to be shambles. Going through the Wikipedia page of the current director general of the world health organisation, the first thing I noticed was that he is not a train medical doctor yet he's been doing exploits in the medical field and has held different leadership positions. Currently in Nigeria, I can not say for certain that a microbiologist (non medical microbiologist) has a place in our healthcare system. Can making the position of the minister of health in Nigeria open to all stakeholders in the health industry be the needed adjustment for things to begin to take shape in our healthcare system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom |
Romance / Re: We Love Each Other But He Stays In One Room by alfredo1(m): 3:48pm On Mar 29, 2020 |
LadyBeee:The boldened and having more than 30k in his account are mutually exclusive ma. |
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