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A few days ago, the minister of information, Labaran Maku made it known in a news conference that health workers numbering into thousands have been deployed to the Country's borders as part of the measures to tackle the ebola crisis. I, as a medical practitioner, do not know of anybody or colleague that has been deployed anywhere. Please, if you have been deployed or you know of anyone that has been actively engaged in this fight against ebola at the borders, notify us so we have some assurance that we are moving in the right direction. |
Hmmmm. Na wa o. |
This is a good idea. But it would be most useful in preparation of a vaccine and not a cure, especially considering the large numbers of infected people. A challenge would be identifying humans infected with such strain to obtain serum from or identifying which monkeys or bats are infected with that particular reston strain. |
Well from my understanding of this disease, there have to be key therapeutic steps to be put in place early enough before complications set in. I don't think ZMAPP would directly attack and kill the virus by the way. Our government has to welcome our experts in science and the medical field in particular for us to develop our own solution by making easily accessible portals for interested individuals to volunteer vital expertise, skills and even man-power in defeating this menace. Not by announcing formation of some committee and nothing more heard since then. A commendable job has been done in enlightening the public about the infection/disease with preventive measures. How about inviting experts and volunteers ready to tackle it head-on? |
Ebola is the name given to the virus which causes this potentially deadly disease. It was named after a River in Zaire, where the disease was first identified in the 70s. Among viruses, ebola is a relatively small virus measuring about 0.08 micron meter in its diameter and has variable length. This gives it a worm-like appearance. (Average sizes of viruses range between 0.02 micron meter and 0.2 micron meter and can only be seen using an electron microscope). Imagine the size of the human skin pore which is an average of 30 micron meter to 50 micron meter. This is more than enough room for the virus to make its way into the human body. This is where the risk of direct contact with an infected patient comes in. And one very important thing, the virus seems to be a very virulent disease-causing organism, meaning it hardly misses its chance to infect any suitable host. |
Clears throat . . . Na only me waka come? Seriously, the reality has set in. It's within our shores, but one thing for sure is that we will NOT be left helpless. This is the final bus stop for ebola. First step is for us to make good use of fora like this one for potential volunteers, medical experts and those who feel they have valuable contributions to make in order to organise ourselves and know what steps to take in prevention, information rendering and even approaching the necessary authorities with potential solutions. I surfed the web today in search of government agencies offering such information and it was rather . . . Well! So I feel we can start something here. |
See una! Pipu wey the tin dey disturb no fit organise demself. Just have a look at our Ministry of Health website homepage. Still 2013 stuff!!! http://www.fmh.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=435 If Nigerians who want to volunteer to contribute findings, proffer solutions, partake actively in the fight, where would they start from? A viable solution exists. But how can medical experts presently within the shores of the Country get to meet with the right authorities to make their contributions? |
Na wa o. See panic! |
Very painful. Lawd! Even had some chest pain when I read this news! |
Hmmmm |
Taking politricks to be the most lucrative legal job. Hailing politicians for a job well done at impoverishing communities. Producing 'recommendation' letter from Mr. Politician at the top to secure a FG job which has had 'no vacancy' for over two years. Secretaries in Government Offices/Parastatals having grandeus delusions of being 'Madam/Oga' at the top. |
Obiagelli: We received reports Yesterday that the clearlyBwahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha When I first heard of a crossdresser being arrested around the scene, I considered the action to be as a result of uncontrolled emotions due to the carnage and everyone would eventually get back to their senses. But this one wey DSS come dey waste time with this individual sotey e don start dey yarn dust can only be described as hilarious! Make dem free that Dan Daudu abeg make the real perpetrators no dey laff us! |
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Interesting! |
On NTA now (though not live) |
Just got the news. More details soon. |
Sloan: Jonathan can not win any state in a free and fair election in any country in the world where there are human beings with functional brains! People who have sold their generations and children for a morsel of bread or too myopic or ethnocentric are not real human beings with brains and do not count.Well, maybe in Nigeria. Ehen, where are the parties and profiles of contesting candidates? |
Very Unfortunate. And these are supposed to be part of today's youth expected to bring the desired change to this already dysfunctional nation. Special adviser! Not even ward head or Councillor or LG Chairman. seanet01: Why should an Ibo boy be representing Ogun students? Ogun Central Senatorial Youth forum of APC have already made our positionOkay, this is what APC is all about ![]() |
See Beef! But if the doctors discharge the patients from hospital, the patients have every right to go back for readmission, abi dem docs hire shekau put for gate? Na wa o. If Nigerians fit direct dis kain energy towards looters and thieves for government, we for don go far by now. Instead they go dey fight demselves for crumbs! |
This health sector should be privatised already!!! |
nhiyo: Efforts by the House of Representatives to resolve the ongoing strike by medical doctors in the country failed again on Monday, as members of the Nigerian Medical Association stuck to their demands.At bolded. Very Funny! |
Ok |
Politics is Now the surest way to make a living in Nigeria and that is the Crux of the Country's problems. When reps dey arrange 40m per quarter as salary (other arrangee dey o), who no go wan represent? Hard-working Nigerians dey receive 18k salary per month. Even professionals at the highest levels dey struggle to touch 500k per month and you expect the remaining 'MUGUS' to dey look Uche face? Everybody must get hin constituency. . . Dan ubanka!!!!!! |
Why the docs for that pic carry hair like Mr T own nah? |
Choicy: No fever just eye turning. It was not done in an hospital. Could it be that the eye turning is a sign of short of blood? |
This one is one of the worst ministers of health I have known. He don sign One hundred MOUs, no change! Mtcheeeeeewwww!!!!!!! |
Ashuale: Nigerians and titles. First day in NYSC camp bayelsa, doctors were asked to come out. Nine persons came out.we were introduced as the doctors for the camp.when we started the camp clinic, we discovered 2 doctors had IMPAIRED MEDICAL JUDGEMENT, patients under their care were getting worse, on investigation, they confessed that they were doctors of optometry.we were shocked.those promising graduates could have died. We need to bring sanity to the health system, we need to remove confusion, we need to stick to our job prescription, we need to love our job be u a nurse, a pharmacist, a lab scientist, a cleaner, a doctor. Inferiority complex and hatred are diseases and they plaguing our health sector. The public is heavily misinformed by JOHESU, they are even more active in this strike spreading misleading information.Well, this is what persons who reason with facts would want to avoid. Many Nigerians have lost their lives this way and many more are still damn ignorant. |
adeoladrg: You brought a brilliant argument, which I expected from a brilliant doctor.Therapeutic pharmacy has always been an important part of pharmaceutical practice involving pharmaceutical studies and researches within the hospital and clinical trials of various drugs, I would be quite astonished if that has never been within the Nigerian curriculum. But these are different from what I see our dear pharmacists agitating for. I believe therapeutic pharmacy is what pharmD is all about. But it has always been a part or subspecialty of pharmacy, Why make a big deal out of it? Cos Americans called theirs pharmd? Why can't we incorporate this aspect of pharmacy as a subspecialty in our pharmacy curriculum if indeed it hasn't been so in the past? It will always be a welcome development to see our pharmacists advance in their various fields/specialties of pharmacy, but interfering with doctors' management of patients as we have seen in some reports here will only create more problems in the health sector. |
Now I'm really getting tired of these baseless arguments. The so-called senior colleagues in this Johesu group know the limitations and restrictions of these 'consultant Bleep' in these handful of Countries they love citing every second. I would advise they desist from presenting half-truths to the public in order to gain sympathy online. Anybody can be a consultant in any field, even a dry cleaner. It is whether the creation of such appointment in a hospital or clinic would make any sense at all. First of all, I have never seen where someone would be fully employed and still be a consultant in the same job. Secondly, would the consultant pharmacist have to check every drug prescription from an outpatient clinic? What exactly would be his job description in the hospital? Consultant pharmacists I know are those who consult in sectors like production, research and their services are employed taking into consideration evident academic qualification of the candidate to be appointed for the specific purpose. I don't even see any sense in a pharmacist walking round a ward checking and rechecking the prescription of a patient placed on admission. If the dosage has to be checked after prescription, this can be done at the point of collection of the drug at the pharmacy and if the pharmacist requires clarification regarding the dosage he would contact the doctor for that. There are certain drugs that can be taken at certain doses for short term for certain conditions. There are certain conditions that may warrant the same drug to be taken for long term and may be at a different dose. Remember the pharmacist is not making the diagnosis and even if he is brought to see every patient for himself, he isn't trained as a doctor to know the pathophysiology, progression, complications and even varying presentations of the same condition! So what the hell is he occupying space in the ward for? Not to talk of unnecessarily altering prescriptions which would definitely be inevitable and definitely affect the patient's management. Please, I think every person should genuinely think of improving his own field, with innovative solutions to our healthcare problems instead of all these funny arguments. If it is about better welfare, working conditions and renumeration, everyone knows the healthcare professionals are poorly paid in Nigeria. That should be directed to the government who should take a bold step for onve to do the right thing. Reduce the cost of governance, divert appropriate funds to the development of key sectors and tackle corruption head-on without fear or favour. |
Chai !!!! |
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