₦airaland Forum

Modrov:
Yeah, a US resident is paid well.

But the fact is a Nigerian IMG (International medical graduate) arriving in the US for residency does not have the burden of college loan debt that his US colleague has...that's why they can afford nice stuff...

(Though it costs a lot of money to pass US licensing exams, and to get the visas...and that includes travelling costs.)

I’m happy you’re aware of the costs. Not only the US. It even costs more to go to Canada to practice medicine if one is going through the residency route.

Modrov:
He does not pay the same debt as his colleagues in the US who schooled there do, which is why he can afford all of that.

Here in Nigeria, we pay less than 500 dollars annually for education.Thus we leave school with not much debt or no debt.

In the US, fees can start at 3000 dollars or even as high as 40000 dollars. And you are schooling for 8-10 years (4 years college, 4 years medical school..which goes up to 6 years if you are doing a combined MD/PhD programme).

I once heard a black American female doctor state that her debt from medical school alone was $150000 dollars.

Which is why they are highly paid. The money they make during residency alone can cover such costs.

whizzler:
They are just over hyping themselves I swear. An engineering student for example spends 5 years in school, during NYSC he is posted anywhere and atimes earns nothing other than his federal allawee but doctors are given specify treatment. Most graduates can't do more than one job that's if they even get jobs. Whereas doctors can do multiple jobs. Doctors should calm down

Do you repeat classes in engineering? I mentioned this elsewhere, in my school you fail, you resit, you resit and fail again = repeat. Repeating in my school means you have to go two years backwards and pay school fees again. Not even nurses, pharmacists and medical laboratory scientists are asked to repeat a class. It’s not even done in those countries where people are running to, so they deserve the right to complain.

FolabiCash:
140K is more than subsidized , barely 350$ using 400/$. Wonder why this same Saudi Arabia isn't recruiting from these other European countries ?

Same way the rent you pay, the food you eat is subsidized. I think the government should learn from all these other countries and hike the prices of everything as well. Let’s pay 600k and above for a room and 10k and above for hollandia since other developed countries are doing it....smh

FolabiCash:
Lol , ask unilag students how much their medicine students pay ? Compare it around the world , even the countries that give free tuition , understand the mechanisms they've put in place to make sure the funding of such students is plugged in back to their economy!

It's Nigeria and anything goes , thats why a whole employment scheme would be done , taking your doctors right under your nose and no one is batting an eye.

Subsidized training you say? Hmm...That’s not the case though. I’m in a state university and I pay 140k per level. Other below me pay 200k and above per level. And although, it is “subsidized” like you say, more than half of my class has not paid the required fees. Some have to depend on scholarships, others also make use of state loans (and are in debt like their counterparts overseas) If you stayed overseas, you’ll not see their fees are overboard. For example, we pay 100-170k or more as house rent in some places where my school is located but other overseas pay $1500 and above for the same house rent (same bedroom size and everything but over 600k if you convert it to Naira) but that does not mean you’re receiving subsidized rent.

Another example: Somebody in Canada said that Hollandia yoghurt costs CAD$30 but in Nigeria, you can get it for N800 maximum, does that mean you are receiving subsidized food as well?

frog12:
these are not good excuses. medical studies and the profession is a serious responsibility.

We know it’s a serious responsibility but still those paying thousands of dollars in countries with better healthcare facilities are not subjected to repeating classes (with the possibility of failing out completely), strikes and other unforeseen delays in graduation. What you see in other places/countries is this: you take an exam and you don’t pass, you can resit/retake it a number of times before you can no longer sit for the exam. My point is: Your country is difficult for doctors to learn, and to practice medicine.

PataAlhajaKeji:
That's a very good move by the DSS.

Saudi authorities recruiting doctors from a struggling African country amidst a pandemic is not only inhumane, but insensitive and a threat to Nigeria's security.

And to all the ungrateful doctors who got subsidized medical education, ę ma bęru yin n'ibode.

You pay less than 150k in government medical schools all through your 6-year stay, then you decide to pay the government's good deeds with evil while your mates abroad are still trying to offset their student loans years after graduation. Ungrateful lots!

And for the government, stop subsidising medical education. Medicine is a capital-intensive and costly field. Those who are willing to study it should be ready to pay through their noses or go for botany, biochemistry or nursing.

People like you need to hide in shame. I’m currently a medical student in a Nigerian University paying 140k as school fees (per level - that’s 840k for the supposed 6 years excluding 20k for each professional exam from year 3 to year 6). I’m supposed to graduate this year but strikes, both internal and external have pushed my graduation year to 2023 instead of 2021. The only place where a 6 year calendar works for medical students is in private universities and as you know, not everyone has 3 million and above to pay for school fees. The brain drain even in school is another thing. Have you heard of people failing out of medical school in the USA or Canada? But in Nigeria, you have to struggle with lecturers that go and borrow mcqs from universities overseas and force you to answer them with negative marking and then there is the almighty oral exams (God help you if you don’t say anything when asked, you may be asked to resit an exam) Do you think they make it easy to pass as one is paying 140k? Please get your facts right!!! Just so you know, in my own school this is how it goes, you fail an exam, you’re asked to resit, you fail the resit, you’re asked to repeat and that means you have to go 2 years backwards!!! And you say I should be grateful to the government? For what exactly?