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The 18-member team of Chinese experts will be arriving soon with “globally scarce supplies” in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This is coming days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) rejected the invitation by the Federal Government of a Chinese medical team to help Nigeria in its coronavirus response. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF), briefing on COVID-19 in the country.

“On Friday, April 3, I announced that a team of Chinese medical experts will arrive. They are expected to arrive Nigeria in a few days with a consignment of globally scarce medical supplies, to augment government efforts and build capacity to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

“The donation by Chinese Companies in Nigeria, includes Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, medical consumables, over one million surgical masks for health workers and even ICU ventilators, valued at over 100,000 dollars, all sourced in the face of global scarcity of these items. “In addition, Chinese medical experts, comprising doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and public health managers will share their knowledge, skills and real-life experience of fighting COVID-19 with Nigerian personnel to strengthening management of COVID-19 cases, especially with regard to critical care,” he said. Ehanire said that this initiative would greatly build the capacity of hard-working and resourceful Nigerian Healthcare workers at the forefront of fighting COVID-19.

“The much needed PPEs and masks will protect our frontline workers and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the line of duty. “We have a window of opportunity to strengthen our own response mechanism through lessons learned from any country that has had the experience and can provide hands-on demonstration of dealing with the outbreak and give the Nigerian clinical workforce the opportunity to share global best practices,” he explained. The minister disclosed that the government has also identified additional treatment centres.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-insists-on-chinese-doctors-says-they-will-bring-scarce-medical-supplies.html

Really?

China should better come and start ruling us. we kuku can't equip a hospital well with over 13billion. Therefore no matter the amount, we may never be able to acquire the common health care facilities has a nation not to talk of scarce equipment.

Katikati.

Brainless FG

If they want to learn the best practices, they should seek Taiwan's help, not China's.

To date, Taiwan has one of the lowest amounts of COVID 19 cases despite its close proximity to China.

The actions they took to curb the spread should be a model for any right-thinking government not going to beg the fuckkinn Chinese that started this pandemic in the first place!

And why the Bleep are the so called "scarce medical supplies" not in Nigeria going with even the stupendous budget of Aso Rock Clinic alone in the past 5years?

Thought the same Minister of Health once told the world that Nigeria is ready for the Coronavirus disease? So why are they disgracing Nigeria in this regard?

This govt was involved in a worthless currency swap with same China in its early days.Now it have to shamelessly depends on china for medical consumables its could have easily produce back home because the elites dont seek medical care in the dilapidated health system.Thunder fire all of una there.

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A leaderless and governmentless country.

What a shame.

Welcome development.

Our health workers are insensitive and overly pompous to say they will withdraw services if federal government allows Chinese humanitarians offer help to us.

Let's call a spade a spade. These health workers no send us

jarawa:
The 18-member team of Chinese experts will be arriving soon with “globally scarce supplies” in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This is coming days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) rejected the invitation by the Federal Government of a Chinese medical team to help Nigeria in its coronavirus response. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF), briefing on COVID-19 in the country.

“On Friday, April 3, I announced that a team of Chinese medical experts will arrive. They are expected to arrive Nigeria in a few days with a consignment of globally scarce medical supplies, to augment government efforts and build capacity to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

“The donation by Chinese Companies in Nigeria, includes Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, medical consumables, over one million surgical masks for health workers and even ICU ventilators, valued at over 100,000 dollars, all sourced in the face of global scarcity of these items. “In addition, Chinese medical experts, comprising doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and public health managers will share their knowledge, skills and real-life experience of fighting COVID-19 with Nigerian personnel to strengthening management of COVID-19 cases, especially with regard to critical care,” he said. Ehanire said that this initiative would greatly build the capacity of hard-working and resourceful Nigerian Healthcare workers at the forefront of fighting COVID-19.

“The much needed PPEs and masks will protect our frontline workers and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the line of duty. “We have a window of opportunity to strengthen our own response mechanism through lessons learned from any country that has had the experience and can provide hands-on demonstration of dealing with the outbreak and give the Nigerian clinical workforce the opportunity to share global best practices,” he explained. The minister disclosed that the government has also identified additional treatment centres.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-insists-on-chinese-doctors-says-they-will-bring-scarce-medical-supplies.html

#Notomedicalteamfromchina

FG that does not have faith in our local doctors.

Nigeria medical association should ban their members from treating all political office holders,

If this government insists on bringing the Chinese doctors after all our cries not to then they must be ready to accept the consequences that arise from their action. I have never seen a government as heartless as this current government before !!!

Oga oh

So all the doctors in Nigeria are apprentice


Nigerian doctors go all over the world to add to other country's medical industry and probably infrastructure.

It seems our political class still don't our doctors for their own sake.

Soon

OriginalZombiE:
Brainless FG

If they want to learn the best practices, they should seek Taiwan's help, not China's.

To date, Taiwan has one of the lowest amounts of COVID 19 cases despite its close proximity to China.

The actions they took to curb the spread should be a model for any right-thinking government not going to beg the fuckkinn Chinese that started this pandemic in the first place!

What are the actions that Taiwan took?

I still think Nigerian doctors are some of the best in the world, especially the children of Babalawo. Some of you will not believe what they bring to the table.

Unfortunately, these same physicians will not publish their acquired knowledge and experience passed down from their mothers and fathers.

Nigerian doctors threatening strike remind me of Americans refusing help from Cuban doctors but now embracing Chinese doctors like the Italians embrace Cuban doctors.

Chinese doctors, nurses and technicians will go anywhere in Nigeria that Nigerian doctors would not step into.

Show some love to our doctors, they will accept Chinese doctors working under them. It is different from Chinese business men lording over their Nigerian partners.

So the scare medical supplies can't be sent?

Seems. China have put it as a condition for the supplies.

Makes one begin to wonder their intention.

A country who told the whole that covid 19 can't be transferred from person to person.

I cannot trust China with this.

At this time, I understand fully what we have entered with these men.

Racoon:
And why the Bleep are the so called "scarce medical supplies" not in Nigeria going with even the stupendous budget of Aso Rock Clinic alone in the past 5years?

Thought the same Minister of Health once told the world that Nigeria is ready for the Coronavirus disease? So why are they disgracing Nigeria in this regard?

This govt was involved in a worthless currency swap with same China in its early days.Now it have to shamelessly depends on china for medical consumables its could have easily produce back home because the elites dont seek medical care in the dilapidated health system.Thunder fire all of una there.

THANK GOD , no one will be exempted, if any thing goes wrong . Both poor and the rich !

To come and install 5G na

At this point, we need to be open to collaboration. This isn't the time for ego trippings.
These guys have a full knowledge of pandemic containment and our health officials are experts at contact tracing, we can only form a formidable force to contain this disease.

No man is an island on its own.

They should have left Prof. Isaac Adewole as Minister of Health.. this present one has no brain atal.
*hiss

persius555:
At this point, we need to be open to collaboration. This isn't the time for ego trippings.
These guys have a full knowledge of pandemic containment and our health officials are experts at contact tracing, we can only form a formidable force to contain this disease.

No man is an island on its own.

A reasonable government will first take time to study trends across the globe before taking any stupid decisions.

Whatever their agenda is, I know it won't end well

They want to bring foreign doctors to treat them since they can't travel out again

I no talk am. When China wants something they get it. Everyone got a price

Can someone verify if that story about a Nigerian patient in China is true?

I'm hoping it's fake news.

blackboy:
I no talk am. When China wants something they get it. Everyone got a price

So you're saying that if atal they want to use Nigerians as test specimen for their research or whatever purpose, the govt. will gladly allow them.

At times I wonder if we are truly ripe for independence.. a chunk of our leaders especially the aged ones still think and act like slaves.