₦airaland Forum

Laird:
Private sector:180-250/300 for medical officers



Some.organisations pay more

blingxx:
Too small

excanny:
I think it's too much sef. What are they diagnosing sef?

Only specialist surgeons should earn higher than that.

ZACHIE:
Be good at your craft and earn 2m per surgical procedure. And you can have 5 in a week.
Doctors make a kill for a living.

Crystalom5:
Anyone have an idea of the salaries of doctors in Nigeria?

Or if you are a doctor in the house you can give us an answer

MALIGNANTGuest:
U didn't specify the doctors
We have Native doctors
We have Witch doctors
We have Medical Doctors
We have Ph. D doctors
We have Nigerian Pastors
We have mobile doctors who shuttle from by buses from point A to Point B
We have Self acclaimed doctors & dey are many

Which one, be specific, because all are on payrolls ?

ZACHIE:
Be good at your craft and earn 2m per surgical procedure. And you can have 5 in a week.
Doctors make a kill for a living.

KingAzubuike:
Lol stop saying what you don't know. Firstly, whatever income from the procedure will be distributed across your team. Even the anaesthesia doctor will have an equal cut.. . Also, what kind of complicated surgery of 2m do you want to be doing 5 times weekly with private practice? You can't earn that much in a government hospital and apart from the big name private hospitals, the remaining privates na mainly appendix removal and illegal abortion of like 30-50k dem dey do lol.

An average salary for doctors in government hospitals is between 120 and 200k. Senior regs in FMCs and teaching hospitals is between 220 and 270k. Consultants is 400k upwards ( although there are young consultants but most times you for don old before you reach that stage) Doctors don't earn much in nigeria . Many of them are struggling with their toyota big daddy and honda baby boy dem dey use do yanga up and down. Con dey toast and sweet mouth small small girls for streets with "I'm a medical doctor " talks. and Gone are the days where every child's dream is to be a doctor and lawyer. Both professions don too cast moat especially that law.. Those one na charge and bail and property agents full streets.

Roboto11:
Witch doctors receive whatever you give them.

But they would often ask for one white chicken, tubers of yam and Maggi cubes.

Don't ask me what the Maggi cubes are for.

MALIGNANTGuest:
U didn't specify the doctors
We have Native doctors
We have Witch doctors
We have Medical Doctors
We have Ph. D doctors
We have Nigerian Pastors
We have mobile doctors who shuttle from by buses from point A to Point B
We have Self acclaimed doctors & dey are many

Which one, be specific, because all are on payrolls ?

ZACHIE:
I will not dignify you with any further retort.
But, know that I know what I'm talking about.
I have seen it. No dem say dem say.

blingxx:
Too small

excanny:
I think it's too much sef. What are they diagnosing sef?

Only specialist surgeons should earn higher than that.

emorse:
If I may ask, how much does one need monthly to live a fairly comfortable life in Nigeria?

blingxx:
Too small

ZACHIE:
I will not dignify you with any further retort.
But, know that I know what I'm talking about.
I have seen it. No dem say dem say.

michlins:
oga which surgery are you doing that will pay 2ml in total?

Don't just put information on the internet you can not defend

blingxx:
Cost of living is high asf maybe 500k especially if you live in Lagos , ph or Abuja

angelfallz:
Are you saying surgery in Nigeria is not expensive?

emorse:
It is definitely not that expensive. A major brain surgery costs about a million naira in a government hospital. About 3million naira in a good private hospital.

Orthopaedic surgery costs an average of 500k.

Alusiizizi:
The reason why it's so much more expensive in the U.S is because most of the cost goes to insurance. Surgeons bear a huge burden in liability that leaves no room for mistakes whatsoever and so no cutting of corners.

angelfallz:
Are you saying surgery in Nigeria is not expensive?

emorse:
Therefore they carry out extensive tests to be very sure before making any move. I agree with you completely.

Alusiizizi:
And even when they don't make mistakes they are still subject to regular frivolous lawsuits, "class-actions" and such. Most of that money(by the way, there is no surgery in the U.S.A that will cost you less than $5k) is used to pay insurers for these lawsuits that they will almost invariably have to deal with at some point in their careers.

emorse:
In essence, you pay a doctor/surgeon and the "omo oniles" (a lawyer and an insurer) to get a surgery done. It's quite funny when you think of it that way.

Alusiizizi:
Part of the reason why the cost of living is so high in the U.S. Over-priced if you ask me. A lot of them now travel out of the country for medical services because of this.

Crystalom5:
that's one thing I continue to find amusing about Americans.

They make the country unbearable for themselves and still complain.