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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by bolt000(m): 4:06pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
Missonas:its berra jaree.. 2nd hand doctors looking for ways to extort money from FG. We sha have doctors here. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by sonnie10: 4:08pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
ooshinibos: Thank you for this comment 3 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 4:09pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
Trust our greedy stealators to frustrate this move, as their avenue to claim billions for medical tourism will be closed. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by bullabong(m): 4:49pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
Wait make Donald Trump mistakenly win,una go come home by force 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by ooshinibos: 5:05pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
sonnie10: you welcome sir ....this issue is no more a laughing matter ..its a most for Nigeria now or never to have at least 75 percent electricity infrastructure..maybe local government should be given the power to provide this infrastructure via any means ...I am tired now ... its defies logic that an oil producing country cannot cheap produce electricity ..its madness and it does not make sense anymore , we have actually ran out of excuses ..and the world is laughing at us ...can you imagine ASO ROCK IS POWERED by a diesel generator ?? 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by thesicilian: 5:05pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
dumodust:you see why lots of Nigerian doctors are unhappy at home, total disregard and disrespect especially from those who should know better. I don't think the system actually cares about the brain drain, as long as it doesn't affect the policy makers directly 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by sonnie10: 5:22pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
dumodust: You have to understand the extent of the problem to be objective. First, how many qualified radiologist do we have in Nigeria? Remember, it takes additional 4 to 5 years after medical school to become a radiologist. The last time I checked there were just about 180 of them in Nigeria. That is approximately 6 radiologist for each state. In other words, 1 radiologist for 1million people, considering that they are about 170 million people in Nigeria. Compare this with the number of radiology procedures that are performed each day in Nigeria. From plain film xray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and Mammograms, these procedures are done in hundreds every day in Nigeria. The question now is, who are the people reading those images to make accurate diagnoses? Since doctors in other specialties are not qualified to read this images accurately, these overwhelming numbers of images have to be read by someone, that is where those abroad are needed. If that gap is not filled by qualified radiologist elsewhere, patients will suffer and quackery will ensue. Technology has made it possible for imaging exam to be done in Nigeria and transmitted abroad for results. It is called Teleradiography. Just like sending ordinary photographs over the internet to someone outside of Nigeria. But this is done with more sophisticated, secured softwares. One example of it is PACS (Pictural Archiving Computer System), it is a vendor reoriented enterprise. With cloud computing gaining grounds, we may begin to see other non-vendor systems. Radiologist in Nigeria can only do what they have the resources and time to do. In India and other Asian countries, there are companies whose primary operation is medical Image solutions. They have under their employment, radiologists who read images for partner companies on "pay as you read" bases. Nigerians would have benefited from such but because of poor infrastructure; electricity and internet- they are constrained The world is fast changing and Nigeria can not afford to be left far behind. A lot of people these days work from remote sites, thanks to technology and the medical profession can not be an exception. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 5:22pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
@ireneony: your on point baby. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 5:26pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
DeRay98:YOUR ON POINT MY MAN. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Brigadier7(m): 5:29pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
bigfatthing:my friend!! Nigerian Doctors abroad are entrepreneurs! They create jobs for American Nurses and Nursing Assistant! When trump said he was gonna depot Immigrants, he actually talking abot immigrants who take up menial jobs meant for the average american like janitor, security, driving etc.. I personally know a Nigerian Doctor who has 2 Dental clinics in Texas!! He has over 10 Americans directly under his employment!! So get that right!! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by sonnie10: 5:31pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
ooshinibos: In my responds to someone here, I have given a brief detail of how infrastructural decay militates against quality health care delivery in Nigeria. We continue to hope that they are listening. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Joshthefirst(m): 5:43pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
blueto:They actually want us to do sacrificial service here. Lol! I love my country and will consider sacrificial service here(with post-graduate training in better equipped places) But asking sacrifice from the ordinary man (who studies in ill-equipped environments for at least six years only to come out and be fighting to maintain his role in the system because other health care professionals are struggling to usurp his position due to greed and feelings of inferiority, who has to improvise due to numerous strikes and lack of suitable infracture) and you're wasting your time. We'd better sit down and try to make things work. My guys are already prepping for the USMLE. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Joshthefirst(m): 5:48pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
bullabong:lol. there are many other options apart from the Americas. There's places in Europe and Canada and even south africa here. We'd better make concrete decisions to make our environment favorable or anyone who sees any oppourtunity will vamoose. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Joshthefirst(m): 5:48pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
bolt000:smh |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by ooshinibos: 6:33pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
sonnie10:I really hope they are listening ,because infrastructure decay will militates even security , employment , tourism , housing ... ...it is amazing that previous government and current government are not taking it seriously ..without this infrastructure in place we are just deceiving ourselves ... no economy can grow or survive properly without proper infrastructure ... |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by tpiah2: 6:36pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
bigtt76: Or they could understudy the methods of the doctors who are currently working in Nigeria also, in order to find out how to best fit into the Nigerian environment. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by femi4: 6:37pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
ireneony:Now I know why you are called Irony |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by tpiah2: 6:39pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
There is no need to requote her, someone did the same on a thread titled "church". |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by ireneony(f): 7:36pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
femi4:no ohooooooo! It's ireneony not irony |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Ryannn(m): 8:41pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
dumodust:thank u soo much.. What an insult that was |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by justmenoni: 9:30pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
Op na D American doctors dey inside dis pics wey u upload? 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by dumodust(m): 9:46pm On Mar 23, 2016 |
sonnie10: I'm not a radiologist... but I during my school days and residency training as a surgeon, I have been thought to read my ct scan and mri images myself then seek further review from radiologists, their initial report notwithstanding. I'm not against outsourcing, or seeking other opinion because someone can see something else you didnt initially notice. Even in nigerian, people send images within via media to radiologists and outside.What I hate are demeaning stupid comments from people who know nothing about anything... saying no one can read mri is stupid and ill thought 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by donodion(m): 6:55am On Mar 24, 2016 |
InvertedHammer: Bro, Hold that thought.Thats a lot you are about to throw away. Why not relocate your biz to another location with specific customer target in mind?.Seriously thats a lot of money in properties you are leaving there lying fallow. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by donodion(m): 7:06am On Mar 24, 2016 |
dumodust: I thought i was the only one that observed that line in his statement. Embarrasing and shameful yo say the least. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by donodion(m): 7:19am On Mar 24, 2016 |
sonnie10: My brother, you have given a valid statement however where theres a will, theres always a way.Imagine today how many diagnostic laboratories that can handle scope procedures we have in Lagos state alone ( besides hospitals and clinics that could handle such). What would be wrong if Radiology as a specific and specialists course is encouraged and accredited with mordern tech. for training?. |
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by sonnie10: 6:43pm On Mar 24, 2016 |
donodion: Bros, the problem is rooted in Nigeria factor; lack of infrastructure, inadequate maintenance culture,corruption and poor political will-power. Nigeria is not yet an advanced country and the economics of health care is still emerging. First, let me address the issue of training that you raised. There are several universities in Nigeria that offer Clinical Radiology Science for example, UNILAG, UNICAL, UNN, ABU etc. However, more schools are needed because currently, there are less than 3000 registered Radiographers in Nigeria. That is less than 100 personnel for each state. For a state with 30 LGA that would be 3 personnel for each LGA. Another area to point out is the dynamic and diverse nature of Clinical Radiology. Because of advancement in biomedical sciences, there have been numerous types of diagnostic imaging techniques. It is practically impossible for one individual imaging scientist to master all of them. Space and time will not permit to list everyone of them, but here are some examples and instance of their application. 1) X-ray for bones, Ultrasound for Obgyn, Ecohcardiogram for heart, Radiotherapy for cancer, Dosimetery for dose calculation and application, Nuclear medicine for radiopharmaceutical procedures, molecular imaging for molecule in the body, Ct Scan for cross sectional areas of the body, MRI for different planes of the body and good for soft tissues, Mammogram for breast, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for internal organs, Cardio Radiography for xray of the heart, Vascular Imaging for blood vessels, Cath Lab for catherization and balloon placement, holster placement and stunt placement, Muscular skeletal imaging for Muscles and their skeletons, Cardio MRI for MRI of the heart, Fluoroscopy for live X-ray visualization, EKG, Bone densitry for bone density etc. There reason I took the time to list some of these procedures is for us to see that Nigeria has a lot of work to do in order to be able to catch up with the rest of the world. What do you think is the feat of someone who need some of these procedures in Nigeria? You guess is as good as mine. Training and retraining of qualified individuals is highly important. But even when people are trained in these areas, they prefer not to come back because of the incentives abroad. Recently it was in the new that the only CATH LAB in Lagos commissioned by Fashola is not functional because of lack of man power. That brings us to job security. What plans do they have to sustain the existing facilities. When equipment need repairs, are they willing to do so in timely manner or will they be abandoned? These modern medical equipment need constant updates, troubleshooting and maintenance. I follow some of these news since I have interest in the area; recently, a radiotherapy equipment a- Colbat 60- which by the way is meant to be in the museums, was repaired at the cost of #10M in one of the teaching hospitals after being abandoned for more than 10 years! Lets be frank to ourselves, if a radiotherapist had returned from abroad to work in such environment, what would he do in that 10 years of downtime? This is an example of the frustration folks abroad are avoiding. The other area is affordable health care. Quality care cost money and most people are not able to pay out of pocket for these services, therefore Health Insurance becomes necessary. Until there is a form of Universal Health Insurance policy in Nigeria- not the NIHS we have now, majority will not be able to access quality health care services. I dream of a health care system in Nigeria were market women, bus conductors and driver, brick layers, fisher men and farmers, small business owners, teachers, pregnant women, people with disability and children below the age of 21 can afford to use any health facility and doctors of their choice when they are sick. The gap between the rich and the poor in getting health services is too wide in Nigeria. The CHANGE they are talking about must be seen in the health care system. Health disparity must be addressed, so that Nigeria can take it rightful place as the giant of African. |
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