₦airaland Forum

emeka94:
Have you taken your medications today?

armadeo: The eye doctor is the ophthalmologist. The optometrist is trained to give glasses.

If you call yourself eye doctor I won't have sleepless night over it. Its your headache.

PS you are an optometrist.

armadeo: Examples of eye diseases treated by an optometrist include..... ??

chookudi: The following represent the views of someone i knew back in LUTH days when we were both students ( i am not a medical doctor) and he goes by the name Dr Fasehun

OK, so I know I'm gonna get a huge bashing for this, but here goes: Let's face it, asides from the 0.5% of Nigeria-trained residents that attended private medical schools, about 99.5% of these resident doctors basically went through medical school, tuition-free! To the best of my knowledge, no matter how much public universities collect for housing, exams, etc, the truth is that university lecturers and consultants are still paid by the Federal Government. We all must realize that: (1) There are no hidden costs, anywhere. Whatever is 'free' has a price being borne by someone else. (2) If the Federal Government, or earlier regimes of it, have invested heavily in the medical education of Nigerian doctors, whether they be residents or not, is it too much for the same Govt to ask for a little 'consideration' from us doctors? I do not think so. While I stand to be corrected on this point, the information I gather from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) is that, while residents didn't work in July, they got paid full salaries with allowances. Now, before I go too far, on this very controversial issue, I must say this loud and clear: 'Residents are Indispensable!' The Federal Govt, the FMoH and the good people of Nigeria need residents. There's absolutely no doubt about that! So, for some of us, we never needed a genie to tell us the 'strike-sack' will NOT last; of course, it won't. It wasn't meant to! And, yes, I agree that a 'sack of residents' might not be the best decision, but, as a Manager, some rather Machiavellian actions need to be taken, sometimes, in order to prevent an employee feeling too powerful, and holding the organization to ransom. Some top organizations in the world, including big corporations in Lagos and Port-Harcourt have had to let go staff that were seemingly growing too powerful, even though these staff were quickly re-absorbed, after a seemingly 'chill' period. I will also like to state, very clearly, that this is neither a public support of the Govt and the FMoH, nor a social media condemnation of both, but it will be great if all of us can think about this clearly. We all claim that these 'old professors' had it good in their time: medical students were paid stipends; residents had better facilities to work with (including the One Year Abroad), etc. However, we fail to realize that we no longer live in the 1960s, when Nigeria only had a few medical schools; we also do not live in the oil-boom early 1970s, when there was so much wealth, matched with a moderate population. Nigeria has changed!! We need to accept that fact, and live with it. The population has exploded; medical students in Nigeria will prefer to be accommodated in the 'cosy' rooms of Guantanamo Bay, than the over-bedded rooms they currently have. Whether we like it or not, this population issue will always come up: we need to have policies and incentives to dramatically increase Nigeria's contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), and soon! Like many of us reading this, I have met the Honourable Minister several times, at home and abroad, and while I do not expressly approve of all of his decisions, I know that there's only so much a man can take: he's not just a doctor, he's also a manager, and there's only so much a manager can take from an employee. The problems of Nigeria's healthcare system cut deeper than the failure of infrastructure, poor workers' salaries (and conditions of work), and others. And, yes, a 'sack of residents' may or may not have been the best decision. However, I dare to say that, at that point, and having been pushed to the wall, it was the 'right decision.'

1stola: in billions, I won't still care

SpencerLewis: Ooooooooh, another dude high on crack like window XP17. Tiny Russia in what capacity? Yes, they may be tiny in economy compare to USA, but not in military might or size.

Arosam: America don't go to war if nothing will
be gained from it, Russia is only acting "grown up
boy". And for those looking foward to america/
russia war, have you ever imaging a rain of
nuclear vessels on earth, its not going to be
lauched from earth but from above (if you know
what I mean).

1stola: Who cares if it rains cat and dog?

amiskurie: Otele,ask ur great grandpa if they didn't survive in
their hut.
This Ebola u mentioned is enginered by America
so as to reduce pple like u,and to let ur relatives
spend hopelessly on u for Zmapp serum.

lokoloko84: Oh that is great.Then Americans are supermen. so they cultured polio virus and produced the vaccines rejected by religious fanatics in the northern Nigeria whose population is decimated with paralysis and are useless.
America also created malaria disease which has caused millions of death worldwide,including Nigeria.
America also created hypertension, diabetes to wipe out your generation.
America also created cervical cancer,pancreatic cancer and all sorts of cancer to destroy Nigeria
Infact,America created sickle cell,typhoid, cholera infection rampaging some states in Nigeria.
If America should create these diseases, to wipe out a super and beautiful country like Nigeria, then Nigeria is country of idiots.

Gwan2: I sooo hate diz RUSSIANS n dia policies, mind u nt becoz i lov d Americans either....Below are d reasons 4 my hatred.[color=#000000][/color][color=#000000][/color]
1...We gat an epidemic threatenin d existence of humanity in d name of Ebola..América at least are showin som concern by experimentin drugs to save humanity.....wer are d russianz ?

2....We gat trouble in d middle East, eventhough d Americans cant b trusted b atleast dey hav bin initiatin peace talks frm Cairo to Quater ....wer are d Russians??

3....Atleast Obama called African leaders to a summit of recent to help African Economy (eventho is kinda lng overdue)...wat haz Rússia done 4 African

4...USA showed concern to Nigéria by sendin Itz military personnel 2 help brng bak our galz.(wasnt successful bt dey showed concern at least)...wer ar d Russians

5...ISIS are busy islamizin n terrorizin Iraq n killin d Non muslims n Non shiate muslim.n also expandin dia bordas to syria..US Juz send 2 fighter jet to com help doz helpless civilians.....wer ar d RUSSIANS

6...A Black man is d president in USA...dat can nvr happen in Rússia,as it has 1 of d highest Racism expecially to d black race...

7.....Check out most World inventions Innovations, creations, Originality, Concept Ideas etc....and i bet u wil tank God 4 makin d Americans d world Superpower

Wat d Russians do is jus sit n wait 4 any pro-America move, so dat dey wil counter dat move weda gud or bad.....

lokoloko84: Haaa! I share your sentiments, but when will Russia gives us vaccine for ebola.
Seems we are in deep trouble about that.

xp17: bros, if you know how many humans and animals died during the world war 1 and world war 2 respectively, you would have gone in your quit to pray that God should not allow this happen in your generation.



America is very civilized, we believe in diplomacy, not like Russia. we've been at the centre to resolve the crisis in the middle east as a guardian of freedom to the people and the American way of life.


Russia is a small country and too small to be ended by the US in 24hrs. the numbers of the US army+marine+air force+ navy is more than the size of the Russian population.

America is the only country in the world that has fought 2 war simultaneously and still conquered.
note: the US army creed never accepts defeat and never quit.

God is good, that was why he made Obama at this time. if it were Bush's administration, the US would had since invaded Russia . thank God Obama believes in peace talk to war.


as dumb a'ss as putin, he gave a sanction that his people would suffer most, more than the sanctioned . seriously putin would be better off in the rehab .

war is ugly, so as Russia
peace is beautiful , just like America

F117A: I hope putin knows what he is doing,though it is a generally known fact that russia has the most tactical and battle-hardened generals in the world.
They should prepare capable air defence mechanisms for the US frontline nuclear warplane, the B-2 SPIRIT BOMBER.
Anyway,I am 100 % with russia in this looming war.
God bless russia,china, Nigeria, and no where else.

Bigcake: Let Putin teach this Americans so lesson in Literature. America too dey over do abeg. That is what we call ''Taking the war to your Enemies''

dumodust: thank you very much
on other hand, the u.s govt has been funding research on ebola since it was discovered and to show you how they care about their citizens and docs, they flew in those infected docs one at a time to treat them, literally importing ebola into the u.s but under controlled conditions.

try to look for gloves in a nigerian hospital, someone will either be hoarding it or eat the money allocated. we are not prepared for the ebola that has been ravaging west african countries for a while now. we dont have enough gear and facilities for barrier care. your government is a joke
in my opinion, no doctor should attend to anyone without provided protective gear and improved conditions... they dont pay enough and people dont appreciate you enough to do that. and to think that we were being castigated for demanding for better hospitals and global care.
now that ebola is around, the silence from johesu is deafening, even on nairaland. cant see that propagandist- 'yourhealthlabs' springing up threads... them don run. now everybody's pushing doctors forward because they know next to nothing about what to do... but they want you to die doing it quoting greed at every instance when you demand for better conditions.
they better come, we must all meet the ebola pts as team players, pharmacist must come and give drugs. team players my foot.
meanwhile RIP to those nigerians killed by ebola... sorry to say so,i feel you guys at first contact did a great job, but sadly, u died in vain. may God grant u eternal peace

dumodust: thank you very much
on other hand, the u.s govt has been funding research on ebola since it was discovered and to show you how they care about their citizens and docs, they flew in those infected docs one at a time to treat them, literally importing ebola into the u.s but under controlled conditions.

try to look for gloves in a nigerian hospital, someone will either be hoarding it or eat the money allocated. we are not prepared for the ebola that has been ravaging west african countries for a while now. we dont have enough gear and facilities for barrier care. your government is a joke
in my opinion, no doctor should attend to anyone without provided protective gear and improved conditions... they dont pay enough and people dont appreciate you enough to do that. and to think that we were being castigated for demanding for better hospitals and global care.
now that ebola is around, the silence from johesu is deafening, even on nairaland. cant see that propagandist- 'yourhealthlabs' springing up threads... them don run. now everybody's pushing doctors forward because they know next to nothing about what to do... but they want you to die doing it quoting greed at every instance when you demand for better conditions.
they better come, we must all meet the ebola pts as team players, pharmacist must come and give drugs. team players my foot.
meanwhile RIP to those nigerians killed by ebola... sorry to say so,i feel you guys at first contact did a great job, but sadly, u died in vain. may God grant u eternal peace