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Phones / How To Buy And Pay For Products On Google Playstore. by duffyng: 4:50am On Oct 20, 2021
Good morning everyone, in Nigeria I know how frustrating it is with paying for goods on Google playstore. There is also the problem of a 100 dollar limit or less amount on what one can spend with the Mastercard. Well am here this morning to share with you a new way I have found and it's working seamlessly for me. Not the method of looking for address in the USA.
The new method is by getting virtual master card from Changera. Changera is an app you can download on Google playstore. After downloading the app, you open and will be required to sign up, create your username and password and get to be verified by uploading your appropriate document. When the verification process to passed you will have to fund your niara wallet. You can now go ahead and create your dollar master card and fund it from your wallet.
Open Google playstore and go to the payment method section choose to pay with debit card and input the information of the virtual card from Changera on the Google playstore. Save and that done. You can easily begin to buy your product on Google playstore and also updating your apps to premium status.
I have had my YouTube updated to premium status already and enjoyed alot of other benefits. The use of the card is so versatile. Besides it a dollar master card. So guys enjoy and thank me later.
Phones / Re: I Can't Pay For Apps On Playstore by duffyng: 3:58am On Oct 18, 2021
It's easy, just download changera app on Google playstore and install, signups on the app and complete the verification process you will need your national id or relevant document for that. Then generate a virtual dollar mastercard, when successful, go to you Google account under payment method, add the card. Fund the card through the changera app from the online wallet. And buy whatever you want on Google or ungrade to premium it's that easy. Try it and thank me later.
Education / Re: Can I Study Medicine And Surgery With This Result. by duffyng: 6:24am On Jul 30, 2019
Yes you can you have all the requirements as needed.
Health / Re: Expect 100% Hike In Drug Prices, PSN Tells Nigerians by duffyng: 6:26pm On Jun 22, 2019
OboOlora:
Funny country!

A country most people can’t even afford branded drugs, they have to depend on substandard locally manufactured ones from 6th grade companies like drugfield and Tyonex lmao


So says the person who can't produce even paracetamol criticizing top companies with proven products.
Health / Re: JOHESU Suspends 43-day Strike, Orders Workers To Resume Work On Friday - Punch by duffyng: 10:42pm On May 31, 2018
I actually came here to read comments cos I knew I would see some very unintelligent comments comments coming out of supposed intelligent people. The doctors say JOHESU are not important yet they say with the same mouth that Nigerians are suffering cos of the strike. Someone said doctor's no send them then why the clamouring for them to call off. Am a Pharmacist in private practice, so the doctor superiority is not my concern though, but until Nigerians learn to call a spade spade, such industrial action will persist. And it's the institution Nigeria that needs total rehabilitation, we cry for change yet when the change is not from us personally we resist, and point fingers. Most here calling the the JOOHESU members names, would go to these same person's tomorrow for one help or the other. To me they have made their point and to some degree some sensitization to the rot in the public health sector and why things are not well in that sector, we should learn maybe you could exploit an area for your personal benefit tomorrow.

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Health / Re: Group Asks Court To Jail JOHESU Officials For Failing To Suspend Strike - Punch by duffyng: 9:41am On May 24, 2018
We are not talking about such knowledge as structure of drug, functional group of a particular component of a drug.
we are interested in the therapeutic indications/applications of these drugs. We are talking about the pathological basis of disease & how those drugs can modify pathology. Doctors have much knowledge in this area.

I beg to differ to the above yes doctor's know more about pathological basis of disease, but drug indication and how drugs can modify pathology even the modification of concentration of drugs to get an effect, these are areas the doctors can not beat a well trained pharmacist.and be informed that the structures of drugs are important in their therapeutic indication, that why in a team a doctor ask the pharmacist to give him suggestion of drugs as he plans his therapy for a patient. We forget often that in all the patient is king
Health / Re: Group Asks Court To Jail JOHESU Officials For Failing To Suspend Strike - Punch by duffyng: 3:01am On May 24, 2018
CONCLUSION*
The current strategy (i.e., recurrent strikes) is
not working. Over the last decade or two, the
NMA and non-medical health workers (more
recently represented by JOHESU) have taken
turns to go on strikes. Perhaps, it is time for
both parties to sit together, talk to each other
and resolve these contentious issues once
and for all. _It’s pointless for the government
to enter into agreements with one party
knowing fully well that the other party will ask
for a reversal of those agreements._
I think the time has come to incorporate
Ethics, Teamwork and Communications into
undergraduate curricula. The various online
comments I have read from medical and non-
medical colleagues show that whilst many
easily mouth off "team work", a practical
understanding of what this means is lacking.
Disciplinary procedures are there for a reason.
They must be followed when necessary.
Although I practise abroad, I should point out
that this strike affects me too. My family and
friends all live in Nigeria. And who says I am
not planning to come home to practise?
Lastly, we must all be mindful of our own
mortality. Most of us will be ill someday.
And when this happens, the only thing that
will matter to us is to be looked after by
caring and competent health-workers
regardless of their individual specialisation.
We can create that environment if we forget
our individual egos and work as a team.
*Ijabla Raymond,* a medical doctor of
Nigerian heritage writes from the UK. Contact:
_ijabla.raymond@facebook.com._

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Health / Re: Group Asks Court To Jail JOHESU Officials For Failing To Suspend Strike - Punch by duffyng: 3:00am On May 24, 2018
MISCELLANEOUS*
I have read far too many emotional arguments
on these issues and very little of an objective
discourse. It is important that I draw your
attention to a few of these.
What has become obvious is the lack of
understanding of the *concept of teamwork* .
There is a pervasive notion among doctors
that the other healthcare workers are there to
serve them. JOHESU members think that
doctors have become too conceited for their
own good and are determined to put them in
their “places”. *The most important person in
the hospital is the patient* – it is *not* the
_doctor_ , _nurse_ , _pharmacist_ or
_laboratory scientist_ or anyone else. Every
team member is important and must be
respected, including the people who do the
least clinical jobs like cleaning. I don’t
imagine that any hospital will remain open for
longer than a week if its cleaners went on
strike and dirt was allowed to accumulate to
the point where it constitutes a health risk.
I have heard so many anecdotal accounts of
nurses not joining doctors on ward rounds or
pharmacists altering prescriptions without first
discussing these with the prescribing doctors
or laboratory scientist slapping doctors; and
these accounts are being given as reasons
why doctors must continue to head hospitals.
These are *disciplinary matters,* which should
be managed according to existing procedures.
These excuses are emotional and should not
be used to block the professional development
of others.
The other reason I have heard doctors give for
not wanting our non-medical colleagues to
bear the "consultant" title is the fear that
patients will confuse them or anybody else in
a white-coat for a doctor and give such people
an excuse for autonomous practice.
This reason is *not good enough* because
this problem can be solved by wearing names
badges and/or colour coded uniforms. Also
health professionals should introduce
themselves to patients at the start of
consultations. But more significantly, this can
be an issue of regulation - any one found to
be (criminally) practising over and beyond
their job description, competence level or
professional registration becomes liable to
disciplinary procedures.
Our health system suffers from poor
regulation. This is why anyone can open a
chemist and dole out antibiotics
indiscriminately. It is the reason doctors are
scared that consultant pharmacists, nurses
and physiotherapists will steal their patients.
But it is also the reason why doctors may
recommend an operation to a patient where
none is necessary just so they can charge
more. This is a problem that is in urgent need
of attention.
I hope that this something both NMA &
JOHESU will flag up in the near future.
Another recurrent theme in these debates is
the abuse of junior doctors by both medical
and non-medical staff, which appears to be
endemic. There is a consistent narrative of
junior doctors being asked to do other
people’s jobs such as collecting blood from
blood banks, taking samples to laboratories
etc. In extreme cases, these doctors are asked
to undertake non-clinical tasks by more senior
doctors. This is simply unacceptable! I think it
is fair to place the blame for this at the hands
of consultants who are supposed to be
responsible for junior doctors. But this in
itself is not a good argument for blocking
JOHESU members from becoming consultants
in their specialties or for stopping them from
heading hospitals if they have the right
qualifications.
I am concerned that the NMA is losing public
sympathy. Increasingly, I hear people describe
doctors as selfish and heartless. This is very
sad and rather unfortunate. They say doctors
do not have any motivation to end the strike
because patients are forced to pay exorbitant
fees to them in their private hospitals. Those
patients who cannot afford these fees are left
to suffer or die. If the NMA has made any
efforts to change this public perception, then
these do not appear to have been effective.

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Health / Re: Group Asks Court To Jail JOHESU Officials For Failing To Suspend Strike - Punch by duffyng: 2:56am On May 24, 2018
Revisiting The NMA Strike -*
The Candid Opinion Of A UK-Based Doctor
By *Dr. Ijabla Raymond*
Although I practise abroad, I should point out
that this strike affects me too. My family and
friends all live in Nigeria.
I feel compelled to write on this subject
because of its seriousness and the dearth of
objective analyses on our social media. It is
an emotive subject for both *NMA* and
*JOHESU* members, and I can understand
why punches fly around, but both parties must
rise above petty and emotional considerations
if we are to find a way forward.
For clarification purposes, the *NMA*
represents medical doctors whilst *JOHESU*
is a union of all health workers who are not
doctors.
The NMA has a list of *24 demands* but I will
limit myself to the most contentious ones. At
this stage, it is probably best that I introduce
myself. _*I am medical doctor of Nigerian
heritage practising in the UK.*_
*WHO SHOULD HEAD THE HOSPITAL*
There is no contention – the medical doctor is
the head of the *clinical team.* He/she leads
the ward rounds, clinics, surgical operations,
multidisciplinary meetings and so on because
the ultimate and final responsibility for patient
care rests in his/her hands.
The headship of the hospital is a different
matter. This is an *administrative* office,
which needs not be occupied by a medical
doctor. This job is better in the hands of
people who have administrative or business
management skills. _This is the case in
countries like the UK, Canada and the US,_
which heavily influence our health system.
Therefore, it is difficult to reason with the
NMA why this job should be the exclusive
right of medical doctors.
*NON-MEDICAL CONSULTANTS*
The doctor-patient ratio in Nigeria is
_dangerously low._ In my view, the roles of
non-medical professionals such as nurses,
physiotherapists, pharmacists etc need to
expand to cope with the demands on doctors.
It is important that this is done in a _safe
way_ by providing the appropriate level of
training for these individuals. *This is the case
in countries such as the UK, Canada and the
US where consultant nurses, pharmacists etc
have existed for a few decades now.* I do not
see any problem with non-medical consultants
as long as these individuals are appropriately
trained and can practise both competently and
safely within an *agreed framework* . These
professionals have separate (but
complimentary) job descriptions and their
roles are not designed to replace or dispense
with the services of the doctor. If this
arrangement enhances patient care, then
where is the problem with it? The NMA needs
to demonstrate to the public and to the
government how the creation of these non-
medical consultant positions will adversely
affect patient care, otherwise, its demands will
be perceived as obstructing the professional
development of JOHESU members, and I don’t
think this is helpful to anybody.
*HAZARD ALLOWANCE*
The types of hazard and the level to which
healthcare workers are exposed vary
considerably and depend on the type of job
they do. For instance, psychiatrists are hardly
exposed to body fluids and their risks for
contracting diseases like HIV and hepatitis are
much less than for a theatre scrub nurse. The
risk of physical assault by a patient is higher
for a psychiatrist than for a surgeon. And
because psychiatric nurses spend more time
with patients, their risks of assault are
arguably higher than those of consultant
psychiatrists.
The people who work in radiology
departments such as radiologists,
radiographers, nurses, porters and so on have
greater exposure to radioactive materials than
everyone else in the hospital.
The current health hazard allowance of
N5,000 is unconscionable – it needs to
increase. However, I think it is imperative to
get an independent risk assessor for impartial
advice.

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Car Talk / Re: Finally, The All New Ultimate SUV, Rolls Royce Cullinan Unveiled (photos) by duffyng: 8:27am On May 11, 2018
Father LORD visit me with blessing so that this kind of car will be in my garage
Health / Re: Reason Why You Should Start Eating Tomatoes Today by duffyng: 2:45pm On Apr 26, 2018
Tomatoes is not a citrus fruit please get your facts right before you post it.
Education / Re: Nigerian Lady Blasts Teachers Who Teach Students That Men Are Head Of Family by duffyng: 9:39am On May 01, 2017
I naturally would just read and ignore, but truth be told the issue of the man being the head of the house is enshrined in our own very fabric of society, not just the Bible, The European, Asia, American, and Africa know and practice this for centuries , so ladies if u don't like it discuss it with your husbands and husbands to be, if they agree that you can be their head or you can be Co head well your business, as for me and my house we will go with the first principle.

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Phones / Re: What Are The Things You Hate/dislike About TECNO Q1 & Its Common Problem? by duffyng: 4:37am On Oct 01, 2013
formation
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G No
SIM Dual Mini SIM card
Status Unannounced
Body
Dimensions115 x 67 x 11.3 mm
Keyboard Complete Qwerty keyboard
Display
Type HVGA LCD with 256,000 colors.
Size 320×240 pixels, 2.5 inches
Audio
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
LoudspeakerYes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory And OS
Card slot MicroSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 512 MB
OS Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
CPU 1 GHz dual-core
RAM 512 MB
Connectivity
GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
HSPDA Up to 3.2 mbps
HSUPA Up to 5.1 mbps
LTE No
WIFI Yes
Bluetooth Yes
USB microUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary 5 MP, VGA camera with LED flash
Video Yes
Secondary0.3 MP
Battery
Capacity Li-Ion 1750 mAH battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h/ Up to 230 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 14 h (2G)/ Up to 13 h (3G)
Music playUp to 55 h
Other Features
Sensors G-sensor, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java No
Colors White, Black
- FM Radio
- Sound recorder
- Audio/video player/editor
- Notepad
- Document viewer
- Image viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input

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