₦airaland Forum

soulglo: I am not being sentimental. I'm just stating facts. GDP is probably the most ridiculous thing to base standard of pay on. Nigerian doctors need to earn their keep. They have not. I have family members who have come to the US for corrective surgeries. These are not people who cannot afford the best in health care Nigeria can offer. Nobody has to tell them not to risk their lives by using a Nigerian based doctor again. I do t think these people understand what doctors in foreign countries go through to become drs. Their requests are almost to the point of delusion. 70% of Nigerian doctors work in areas that service about 30 percent of the population. What a joke. WHO comes in and turns back because of the disgraceful behavior of healthcare workers towards sick people. We have 14 cases of Ebola patients in the country and yet healthcare workers cannot handle that. It is laughable. What do you think would happen if the numbers were higher?

soulglo: Both my parents were civil servants. They served their country with pride. That was in the 80s. In today's Nigeria it is considered slavery smh.


I know what doctors make in South Africa. You said you knew and so I asked

soulglo: Name the countries in Africa that earn more. Please do not mention South Africa.


Here's my main issue. You cannot keep throwing money into a system that's clearly broken. The government should not write out checks for Doctor's payroll. Hospitals should learn to be profitable. Funding can come from other sources. There are many rural areas in Nigeria where doctors have never set foot and yet we have more Doctors than most African countries. All the money being put into the sector are currently going into a few choice pockets. The system needs to be fixed and that will not come from throwing money at doctors. NMA needs and overhaul. Maybe when that's done and the attitude changes it will trickle down to the foot soldiers. I'd rather mist of the money go towards a healthcare scheme. The patients gave a card and can pick and choose doctors. The doctors get paid through the plan for their services and patients get the option to pick who should provide their care. Money will not make our doctors better doctors. The mindset of servitude is what will.

Judah1986: After all, who doesn't know that
the best treatment for a headache is to cut off the said head, even if the headache is
only pointing to a more sinister problem? Why should they ask for better equipment to
work with? Why do they need CT and MRI
machines to diagnose when we have our ancient
African technology of seeing a person miles away
in the palms of our hands? Why should they ask for grants for researches?
Shouldnt their jumbo pays be enough to fund
such studies? Why havent they found a cure for
this viral haemorrhagic fever? Why should they
fault you for begging the Americans to give us
ZMapp? What are big brothers for? Is it not to clean up their younger ones every time they pee
in their pants? Why shouldn't you blame them for the ebola
outbreak in the country? Isn't manning the
borders supposed to be part of their work? Why should they say they want to be the only
ones to be tagged a sConsultants? Is it not a mere
sobriquet every Tom, Dick, and Harry can choose
to be called by? Havent people started calling me
Professor as far back as my primary school days? Why do they oppose relativity in the health
sector? Arent men born equal? Do they think you
have forgotten that the quest for relativism
caused the biblical fall of man? Why should they
want to head the medical team because they
claim they are better intellectually equipped? Isnt that egotistical? Why should they tell you to extend universal
health coverage to all citizens? Dont they know
that the citizens are wealthy enough to fund their
medical expenses? Why are they even fighting for
the masses? Do they know how many of the
intended recipients of the policy jumped for joy when you called for the heads of their supposed
activists? Why didnt they take you by your word when you
signed the said agreement with them earlier in
the year? Why do they insist on implementation?
Dont they know ASUU went on strike for a
different reason last year, other than non-
implementation of an agreement signed in 2009? Do they think your pacts are worthless? Why should they tell you not to remind them of
their sacred Hippocratic Oath and not go on
strike? Dont they know you also took an oath
when you came into office? Shouldnt they know
you swore to protect the interest of the ordinary
citizen and that is just what you are doing? Why should they clamour for increased pay? Don't
they know that this country isnt financially
buoyant enough to meet their demands like in
the other countries? Who told them our political
office holders still manage to get the equivalent
of (or more than) what their equals in those other countries earn? The answer to the questions is obviously what
you have done. Fire the resident doctors. But dont
stop at that. Fire the consultants, the medical
officers and the house officers too. Order state
executives to sack those in their employ. You can
even fire all medical students. They could have been brainwashed by their seniors. They have
drained enough from the pockets of their parents.
The government is also wasting scarce funds
because they spend ages in medical school,
saying they dont want to be half-baked. Like we
told them we need bread! Besides their seniors are always telling them they dont know anything. Take a nip in the bud before it is too late. Lets go
back to those times when there were no doctors. Tobi Bamigbade
Medicine 600L, OAU http://www.medicalworldnigeria.com/2014/08/yes-your-excellency-sir-sack-them-all-by-tobi-bamigbade/

soulglo: They are not entitled to anything. I think I see a pattern. It is the attitude of entitlement that's fueling this madness

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