₦airaland Forum

Chubhie:
The sad reality is that Churchill has elected to abandon the drama of our feminist-African ladies and transition to experience the warmth embrace of imperialist ladies.

As the self appointed gatekeeper of ancient ways, I sadly endorse this with all the blessings of our ancestors.

May Big Churchill find the happiness he deserves after three failed attempts.

DrAdonis:
This whole JOHESU thing is tiring. They are just fighting an unjust battle which is an eternally lost one. They just want to further destroy the healthcare in Nigeria.

Let me just explain one or two of what they are clamouring for to those that are not very medically inclined

1. Just because doctors are appointed consultants, they want same. Let us examine who a consultant is in the hospital setting and his responsibilities.


A consultant is a medical doctor who finished medical school, did housemanship and NYSC then writes an exam called primaries which is very tough and competitive with an average pass rate of 20% (not cause majority fail but they choose the top scores as pass) then work as a medical officer for varying years (some more than 10 years) before starting residency. The residency is the postgraduate studies to be come consultants in various specialities like neurosurgery, plastic surgery, Paediatrics etc.
The residency training is a rigorous one and the resident doctor works for no less than 68 hours in a week, runs the emergency, clinics, do ward rounds, teach medical students and even nursing and other students. The resident doctor also does case and seminar presentations carries out researches, writes academic papers and does a thesis (all these and more are necessary prerequisites to become a consultant). This residency takes 6 to 12 years depending on the specialty and it also incorporates very tough specialty exams.

Also take note that a doctor that does not do residency but has 20 years of work and surgical experience is not decorated a consultant.
So for a pharmacist, nurse or medical record personnel to just wake up and say because they have 10 years experience they should be decorated consultants is very laughable and shows myopia, greed and the entitlement mentality that defines JOHESU.

Also, and more importantly, the consultant is the person in charge of patient care and determines what tests, what drugs, what nursing care the patient needs and is indisputably the head of the team. He plays a vital central lead role and he determines who needs to see a pharmacist or a nurse or a lab technician. This comes with its challenges too, for instance, if any thing goes wrong in patient care, it is the consultant that carries the medicolegal burden. So of what use is the consultant pharmacist or nurse in this setting? The patient will only suffer and the standard of care will further depreciate as there will be confusion due to the many unnecessary captains of the ship who can do nothing more.


2. The want equal pay. This is in no way reasonable to any right thinking person as doctors don't do same work or add same value as any other person in the health sector. Is it in the emergency room, theatre or even laboratory?

Let me paint a scenario here. A 55year old doctor with say 25years experience that is a neurosurgeon, for instance, will frequently stand long hours doing very complex surgeries despite his rank, age and status. But a nurse, pharmacist or lab person with similar age and experience will just sit in the ward, pharmacy or lab bossing and tossing the younger ones about, doing absolutely nothing. They add little to no value and are no match in competency or ability but want same pay and remuneration, what an irritating greed and entitlement mentality. All these can only happen in Nigeria

Attached is a comparison of the ratio of the average earnings of healthcare professionals in different countries. In most cases, doctors earn x2 of what pharmacists and others earn but because of a difference of 20 - 50k naira at different levels, they keep going on strike.

Useless post to misinform Nigerians.

Leopantro:
so you still believe in a president who currently rules without a certificate and allows insecurity to be the norm and prefers to travel out of the country for treatment to save the health sector?

i would have said you need to see a doctor but since you dislike them please see a pharmacist.

I'll never ever dislike them...I'm just calling a spade a spade.

When you take only a director from one of the professionals in an organization having so many professionals with comparable inputs and make him/her permanent head of the organization, bias, favouritism, rivalry and autolytic actions are inevitable.

The second point is as long as money and professional rivalry continue to be the reason for strike actions in our health sector, I swear to God that we'll continue to be DOOMED!!!!

How can doctors say that they'll go on strike if FG adjust the remuneration of JOHESU members? What nonsense and most senseless thing I've ever heard.

The issue of parity that the doctors and minister of doctors are deceiving and confusing the public on is a BIG LIE ...JOHESU never asked for parity.

Someone should please tap our able president to wake up from his sleep. Some people are strangulating the health sector.

Believe me this is a useless, baseless, incitive and public a brainwashing post.

Tell me, if this happens to the doctors will pharmacists, med lab scientists, nurses, physiotherapists and radiographers (when not on strike) not attend to them?

You see, in Nigeria, we shy away from the real issue and concentrate on things that only take us away from reality and realization of whatsoever good we ought to achieve.

As long as money and professional rivalry continue to be the reason for strike actions in our health sector, I swear to God that we'll continue to be DOOMED!!!!

How can doctors say that they'll go on strike if FG adjust the remuneration of JOHESU members? What nonsense and most senseless thing I've ever heard.

The issue of parity that the doctors and minister of doctors are deceiving and confusing the public on is a BIG LIE ...JOHESU never asked for parity.

MrBigiman:


Johesu want the same salary scale with Medical Doctors. It's easy to claim entry point distinguishes them but let's look at exit point. A lab Scientist at 55yrs probably now at the highest grade does nothing but order Juniors around, yet a General Surgeon who has put his life on the line still does rigorous calls and theatre sessions at 58yrs. The stupid, insane and unbelievable new demand means that a lab scientist, Nurse and neurosurgeon at the same grade level should earn the same, despite not having the same
responsibility, this is a shame, and the Country will pay for considering these Buffon's and clowns called Johesu. Nowhere in the world is this stupidity condoned. The average hourly work rate of each professional the world over can be browsed, in all cases the doctors' comes top.

My advice for Junior doctors is to run as far as ur legs can take u, this is the best time. Don't look back, doctors are hot cake and don't limit yourself to a shithole country.

Peace

Mr Bigiman.

May God of Ganicus forgive you....you're either ill-informed or you just wrote this trash to smear someone's asss..

The name of the school is "General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola". It's an all-boys school that graduated former VP Atiku Abubakar, many governors, ministers, commissioners, permanent secretaries etc. It was established since 1920. It has suffered neglect since the days of " John the Baptist "....

Ekitiparapo:
JOHESU consists of 5 registered professional trade union and their demand include the following: improve health care financing, emoloyement of additional health professional, upward adjustment of CONHESS, upward review of retirement age from 60 - 65 years, arrears of skipping CONHESS 10. they are not asking for the same salary with the doctors. they want a review of salary structures. if in abroad, doctors dont collect the same salary, neurosurgeons, cardio thoracic surgeons earn more the family medicine doctors but their is comfort.the government should accede to johesu request.

This is the truth....some people are just spewing Stinky lies to gain public sympathy.
But you know in Nigeria, anyone to first report his own side of the story is the "truthful" or the "victim".

uboma:
JOHESU cannot be placed on the same salary scale with Doctors.


Their demand is unreasonable.

They never asked for equal pay.
The minister isn't saying the truth.

Guy you really need a hospital bed....at any close neuropsychiatric hospital.

Trust me...you are damn deeply ignorant and I feel that educating you will be a serious waste of time.

Be warned! Don't talk about what you don't know anything about.

May God continue to protect them. May God punish BH, Killer herdsmen, all their sympathizers n sponsors.

Cute mother and child

Sad!

Lovely! God bless the Governor.

Factfinder1:
Pest and unproductive niggas lynching on davidos wealth

So harsh!

They are a team....they make him, they are his staff and friends. I bet you that each of them has a role he plays.

Besides, most of them ain't from broke asss families.

H

Thank you Sir for sharing your story. It reminds me of how lucky I am and also to remain eternally grateful to God.

Utchgirl:
Are u sure of wht u r saying ?

Are u aware dt polytechnics offers both medical lab sci & med lab tech ? D diff is in wht each course deals wit and nt d sch dt offers it.D only diff tin here is dt one hv science and d oda is technology.And science & technology are nt d same abd can not be used interchangeably.

While science

Pls don't confuse yourself and others.

Medical laboratory technician and med. Lab. Assistant are diploma and certificate programs run by schools of health and technology. When you graduate, you'll work in the hospital in different cadre with and as a subordinate to Medical Laboratory Scientist. You'll be helping in some preanalytical procedures and some postanalytical procedures and other duties as may be assigned to you by a medical laboratory scientist.

A medical laboratory scientist is someone who has undergone Bachelor of medical laboratory science (B.MLS) program in an accredited university. The program is at least five years and it's divided into two phases, the preclinical and clinical phases. In preclinical phase, you offer courses such as basic sciences in year one while in year two, you'll offer human anatomy, physiology and medical biochemistry in most schools alongside MBBS, BDS, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Radiography students. In the clinical phase, you'll offer Histology, histochemistry, chemical pathology, Haematology, transfusion science, medical microbiology, clinical immunology among other clinical courses.
When you graduate with B.MLS you'll be given provisional licence which will enable you undergo one year compulsory internship program (before NYSC) after which permanent licence will be issued.
Finally, Med lab scienctist is at par in terms of cadre (essential clinical staff), work entry point (CONHESS 9/2) and work promotion progression (up to Director) with pharmacist, physiotherapist, and medical radiographer in federal civil service. While in the Academics (University Lecturing), the entry point is Assistant Lecturer.

Hahahahahaha....nonsense!

Nice sneakers

Yes you can. Admission is the most difficult. Just prepare to study for long hours, cram and also be a patient type.

Congratulations to them! May they represent us well there.

decatalyst:
What is the criteria for picking the participants?


Besides, how does this strengthen the naira against the dollar.?



Missed placed priority

Seems like you have "missed placed" your brain while typing too

Hahaha....strange indeed.

VickyRotex:
Dide eyin ara.
Wa je-pe Naijiria,
ka fife sin 'lewa
pelu okun ati 'gbagbo
Ki ise awon akoni wa
ko ma se ja sa-san,
Ka sin tokan-tara
ile tominira wa,
ti alafia so-dokan.
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Yaku 'yan Nijeriya ku farka;
Ku amsa kiran Nijeriya;
Domin mu taimaki ƙasarmu ta haihuwa;
Don aiki ga ƙasata cikin soyayya da riƙon gaskiya;
Domin gudumawar da shuwagabaninmu 'yan kishin ƙasa suka bada;
kada ta zama a banza;
Muyi aiki da zuciya ɗaya da girmamawa a gareta;
Domin ta kasance ƙasa ɗaya mai yanci ga kowa tare da haɗin kai da zaman lafiya.
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Bilie, O compatriots,
Nigeria oku rubere,
Iji na-eje ozi anyị nna,
Na ịhụnanya na ike na okwukwe,
The ọrụ anyị dike gara aga,
Agaghi-abụ ihe efu,
Iji na-eje ozi na obi na idi-ike,
Otu mba kee onwe,
Udo na ịdị n'otu.

I love you Nigeria! And I pray that the labours of our heroes past, will not be in vain! Please don't let it be in vain. Happy 57th!

May God bless you abundantly.

Op must have written this list in a beer parlor.... Nonsense!!!

Yes.....and I'm grateful to God that I'm also in love with what I studied

I use Gionee M5 mini and it's one of the best phones I've used apart from the likes of Samsung.

People around always use my phone charger because it charges fast.

You've just experienced a bad customer care service... Ndo!

Unimaid is still one of Nigeria's best with uninterrupted academic calendar. It is still among top 20 most sought for universities in Nigeria despite the insurgency.

free2ryhme:
Freeze always reacting, na chemical

What an international disgrace.... Acute show of infantile behavior.