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Lagos state is actively trying to reduce their own doctors salaries, to each their own

achorladey:
Who was shortlisted? That's what I want to confirm and please when did the person checked and confirmed he was shortlisted?

I don't know the person you're quoting but I was shortlisted and I'm a doctor, checked yesterday

Make Una dey wait for imaginary list, slots that have been long shared

Where are you located?

Gerrard59:
Nigeria is a poor country. So doctors shouldn't expect humongous salaries simply because they are doctors. They will be paid according to what the market can afford. However, they are lucky medicine has global mobility and our official language is English. But this belief that certain professions which cater solely to the Nigerian market should be highly paid is misplaced.

As for nursing, it has never been a lucrative career in most of parts of the world.

Nigeria is a poor country no reach your thieving politicians

Hello, if you sell hacked ps4 games in ikorodu pls signify with your location. Thanks

Bush2013:
I learnt lagos will pay oct and the areas from July I don't know how true

lies

ObosiLandlord:
Are you guys a BOT? Why are you spreading fake news?

No federal government was earning 30k neither is any federal worker earning 70k except private security guard, cleaners, road sweepers.

learn how to read before commenting

You have to give it to this tinubu government, he is Bleep*ng callous, added 40k across board and called it consequential adjustment, corruption on steroids incoming

ravensckar:
Why are you typing like someone whose brain is doing overheating?

I shared a painful experience of my life history and all you could regurgitate was the sentiment of not appreciating good things? Who cursed you with a faulty brain?

It's crystal clear that you're not familiar with how Nigerian government hospitals operate. How about you take a back seat and let people share their "first hand experience?".

Seven years ago when my daughter was "rushed" to Massey Street Hospital. The nurses on duty were busy asking "foolish questions" while the child was dying. It took the intervention of a Consultant (who was passing by) to tell them to save the child first and that questioning will come later. As a matter of fact, he stepped in immediately and stabilized the child.

Then, the issue of Oxygen popped up. We were informed that they were out of "Oxygen". A hospital of that size ran out of Oxygen! I had to pull strings in other to get Oxygen from another hospital. What if I don't have the "connection?".

Next, was the issue of drugs. They have this useless policy of referring patients to go source for drugs in "private pharmacies" outside. What the heck was that?

Then, the non challant attitude of the nurses almost made us lose the child. After being placed on admission, the child's condition took a bad turn in the middle of the night. My wife rushed to call the Nurses on duty only to find them watching T.V. Guess what one of them said; "Madam, stop disturbing me abeg. The Doctors will be here in the morning to examine your child". And guess who came in the morning? Some "Student Doctors" who were using my child as a case study in their useless discussion. See ehn, let's just thank God for his mercies and favours that day.

It was that harrowed experience that made me hate anything government hospital. Funny enough, it wasn't the first time.

My write-up doesn't imply "free treatment" as you foolishly opined. It's a call to action by the government to ensure that our hospitals do not only have gigantic structures. They should also have the right equipments and attitude towards saving human lives. And that our health workers too should priotize human life. It's their job to save lives and not act non challantly.

Please always read with your brain intact so that you don't come off as one who is inherently not gifted with a faculty of discernment. It's too early to be experiencing this kind of brain comcussion.

You better use this energy to tell government to treat those same healthcare workers better, to whom nothing is given nothing is expected

spiceadole:
Relocation requires a lot of money.
There are foreign professional exams to write and pass home and abroad,in other to get licence to practise abroad.
And with the extremely high exchange rate plus meagre salaries that doctors earn in Nigeria,it's not easy for many except the few who have financial support from their families and other sources.

If I hadn't relocated about 5 years ago,It would have been almost impossible now.

it'll take longer but still not impossible

You go use this kind money study nursing, government go tell u say u no fit japa, stay and collect 80k per month 😬😬

klasys:
We are not ready yet in this country, we need to talk about wickedness of private hospital & Thier greedy for money over live

Go to your government hospitals, private hospital is a business not charity

phineas:
Clowns,for every dr that leaves there are 3 more unemployed or underemployed,open recruitment in the hospitals ,many Dr's also leave cause they are unemployed.Imagine that,

If you think I'm wrong advertise for Dr's today and see how many applications you get,specialists too

Lagos state has been recruiting doctors for months, all they get is trickles

nstore:
"..a policy is being put together by the Federal Ministry of Health to...
...when launched, the policy would regulate the migration of Nigerian health workers..."

Hmm

There's nothing they can do, if there was they would have done it already

Jokerman:
Lagos is the biggest state in Nigeria, and of course it should pay the highest....

I think teachers start with 65k BSc/B.ed

God bless Lagos state

bsc $65 chai

Porksupplyib:
Can you define the "NOT THAT WIDE"?

Even if it is 10k difference, we all know the benefits of being a government staff far outweighs that of being in the private sector.

Moreover how many big private hospitals are we talking about here? Very few. And how many private hospitals are in the country? Thousands. So what are we talking about?

government pays better in the long run not in the beginning, the problem is no one is staying long enough to care , doctors just want to save for about a year or at most a year and a half and leave

Porksupplyib:
It is undeniable that we are losing Doctors faster than we are making them as a result of the "japa" trend.
The CMD didn't deny that.
However it is a big lie and an exaggeration that LUTH closed wards because of lack of doctors and nurses.
Haba!

Before that will happen, it will mean every private hospital in the country won't have Doctors again. Do you know why?
Because the government pays doctors far better than private hospitals.

Any advert for position in government hospitals would be swiped up in no time by ready hands who are yet to leave the country.

At the end of the day, everyone wants better pay. That is why skilled labour's including doctors are relocating abroad. That is the very same reason why doctors in private hospitals will tender their resignation letter fast and pick up jobs in hospitals like LUTH before they close down wards.

the difference in pay between private and government hospitals is not that wide, some big private hospitals even pay better, this isn't 10 years ago

flokii:
We saw it coming.. very soon it'll be difficult for young doctors to get jobs in Nigeria once the experienced retirees return to service.

Next is to remove subsidy on Medicine courses so the physicians will know what they have been enjoying in Nigeria.

lol

ednut1:
Salaries are quoted monthly in Nigeria and Yearly abroad, so what is the big deal here someone who was earning 3.6m in Nigeria now earning 100m to 200m in the USA, after all his bills will still save about 30 % of it. Can that be regarded as slavery

The foolish American guy does not realize that the average American-trained doctor has 300k to 500k usd in student loans, while the Nigeria man paid less than 200k naira for all his university fees.

is comprehension hard for you

Oh this is a misunderstanding, the white guy meant doctors in Nigeria are paid like slaves, not Nigerian doctors in the US

ednut1:
your lack of exposure is evident. Learn how to read . Its a comparison of monthly salary in Nigeria vs yearly salary of doctors in USA. Olodo like u

You are still wrong
100k USD is 100million naira per year
300k Naira per month is 3.6million per year,
Are u sure u went to school?
Abi your own exchange rate is different 🤡

ednut1:
had B3. Also went on to become a chartered accountant.

and u still calculated rubbish

ednut1:
A doctor earning 100k to 300k naira a month in Nigeria. Is getting paid 100k usd to 200k usd a year . If this is slavery then its good😒. Judging by his profile pic na yahoo boy dey run the account

you obviously failed math in waec

SmartPolician:
Life is much cheaper in Nigeria than in the United States, so I feel it's unfair to compare what Nigérian doctors earn here to what US doctors are paid.

For instance, our annual rent in Nigeria is equal one month rent in America. However, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be paid a little higher than what they are paid now.

My good man, it might interest you to know that we have specialist that can't afford 2007 lexus, the pay is too bad even Ghana isn't this bad

For those shouting health care workers are not patriotic

infolekan:
It’s not even fake news. It’s just nonsense interpreted with biased eyes for most people.
Canada needs your school accredited with over $10,000 to be able to apply directly for training. India paid for almost all the schools in India starting from next year. No part of the article talked about professionalism or being better. Just that a country has paid that huge amount and someone here is talking about Indians being better.
When Nigerian doctors are almost everywhere flourishing and leading.

The problem now is the Nigerian government won't pay, they'll see this as a way to keep doctors in Nigeria by force rather than improve working conditions

modernWays:
You are still saying the same thing over and over again. The question is, what is average cost of obtaining the kind of quality medical training in Gambia that Nigeria doctors received here in Nigeria that made Gambian government to offer such pays? What is the comparative cost of living and earning in Gambia? They are not fools, they know what they are paying for. Besides, if such skill/experience is that cheap to obtain, they would've prefer to train their citizens and pay less(if what they are paying is so far above cost of living).

As regards to "our collective money" you keeps repeating", let me break it down in a lay man understanding, for instance, if government were to subsidise education of each student with 50k, the cost of doing the same for medical students would be 500k each. Government can easily gives the 50k as it was givien to others and allow you to fund your education but they cant, because they knew that 98% of the applicants would not be able to afford it, which may eventually affect quantity of doctors needed in our hospitals. As for the employment opportunities and wages, Nigeria produced too much Doctors on the average, due to the fact that the cost of training are relatively peanut compared to their counterparts abroad. Nigeria too can comfortably pay her consultant $4000 if you are paying the value of your training fees and the masses are also paying the value of health care services. Alot of Nigerians are quick to condemn government but fail to realise that we too have alot to do to fix the system. If you can't appreciate a system that trained you for a peanut because you feel it is our collective money, you don't have moral right to blame our corrupt leaders who might also feel the same and loot (because they spent too to acquire the positions).

Let me cut it short and ask you few questions;

1. If I may ask, why do you think government subsidise medical students training cost with 500k, while others are only entitle to 50k?

2. Why should doctors be paying in dollars, while we spend Naira in Nigeria. Can they spend the naira where they were paying in Dollars?

3. If medical training can be easily funded by everyone in the said developed countries, why do they still need poor trained ones from developing countries?

Note: I am not trying to defend our corrupt leaders, all of us know they are not doing well, my point is that, where is humanity when we keep chasing money. Besides, doctors are not doing badly in Nigeria, it is greed and hunger to live large that made alot of them abandoned their jobs in Nigeria.

A young Nigerian Medical officer can not buy 2006 Toyota Corolla even if he/she saved their salary for a whole year without touching it, you have got to be joking to say Nigerian doctors are not doing badly

seunmsg:
Dr. Pate resigned as the CEO of Gavi, a multibillion dollar global vaccine company to serve in Nigeria. Dr. Simi is also resigning to come and serve Nigeria. We have a lot of Nigerians out there who still put patriotism ahead of personal benefit.

Sitting behind a desk in Abuja earning millions isn't service, she should come and work in general hospital ikorodu or a PHC in kano then I'll take her/them seriously

seunmsg:
She’s returning.

If you think a doctor in the UK will come back to Nigeria to earn the peanuts your government pays doctors you must be a smoking cheap weed

routed:
Majority of you guys wishing doom on your nation are ignorant. While we await.
Mind you guys, the volume of trade at I&E window is less that $100 million till date. The policy makers are watching while the investors are jostling to inject greenback into the economy. Again, the government is yet to inject greenback. In few weeks from now, the economy activities will strengthen naira to ride the rate below N600/$.

All of these doomsday analysts know nothing about Monetary and Fiscal Policies.

All they hope for is to see their country and her leadership fail.

boss , how far 😁

routed:
Majority of you guys wishing doom on your nation are ignorant. While we await.
Mind you guys, the volume of trade at I&E window is less that $100 million till date. The policy makers are watching while the investors are jostling to inject greenback into the economy. Again, the government is yet to inject greenback. In few weeks from now, the economy activities will strengthen naira to ride the rate below N600/$.

All of these doomsday analysts know nothing about Monetary and Fiscal Policies.

All they hope for is to see their country and her leadership fail.

I'll quote you in a few weeks, pls don't delete it

These man's policies will only make the rich richer and the poor poorer