₦airaland Forum

Yyeske:
You can't see anti-IPOB Igbos like me protesting crap because we have better things to do with our time unlike some bunch of brainwashed low lifers who go about disturbing the peace of everyone else.

The IPOB issue is on NTA, Vanguard, BBC, IBTimesUK etc. If renown political discussants are talking about it on world media and have allocated a piece of their time to it, who are you and what do you really worth?

Though i am not an IPOB but every smart person bows to superior argument including me. Their argument sound superior so far. Stop killing them and engage Kanu in a live TV debate like Dele momodu suggested, that's the intelligent thing to do.

But why haven't we seen an anti-
Kanu rally in any of the eastern states organized by the so-called anti-IPOB Igbos? Are they deceiving themselves?
Do anti-IPOB Igbos only exist online? Why are they not bold to organize an anti-kanu rally even in Imo an APC state in the East? Lolzzzzzz

But why haven't we seen an anti-Kanu rally in any of the eastern states organized by the so-called anti-IPOB Igbos? Are they deceiving themselves? Do anti-IPOB Igbos only exist online?
Why are they not bold to organize an anti-kanu rally even in Imo an APC state in the East? Lolzzzzzz

Iroh88:
How about PDP rebranding itself to become acceptable to the Northerners and the South Westerners??

No matter how righteous one is, he would still have enemies. Even Jesus Christ had enemies. So APC or PDP must not be accepted by every Nigerian or every region. Last time I checked, people had the right to chose what political party they desire to support.

Tell your south eastern ipod youths to shove their hate and pride up their rump. APC did it without them in the past and can still do it without them again.

All these crap, hating APC and vowing to die for the PDP, yet shamefully, PDP is zoning their presidential ticket to the North for 2019 election- I bet you people see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nonsense.

Remove the logs in your eyes before pointing out the spec in other people's.

As for Aribisalad, he'd a known Wailing Ekpa, so no one expects less from him. What did PDP achieve in the sixteen years they had power?? And these ediots want Buhari to undo all the damages they did over the past one decade in 1 year.


What a bunch of brainless camels.

I agree with you that everybody can't be in the same party. So why is your party bent on taking SE/Ss states where they are very unpopular, won't it cause bloodshed? Why not direct these your sermons to Oyegun and Buhari?

You politicians are now on the hunt for fresh punnies for 2016. How about the girl that won last year. I guess she is expired. God dey watch una.

Great write up. Did APC ever think they would have the SE and SS without the power of incumbency like Rochas managed to do by wriggling his way through?
APC is unpopular and reminds people of bloodshed and extremism in the East.

APC needs to rebrand itself to become acceptable to Easterners. It's dictatorial demeanour repulses the average easterner.

The way the FG is going, very soon nobody will believe any iota of word that comes out from them. So metuh never ate paper afterall. It was just a smear campaign. Na wa o

Mtn is bleeding though their nose after ripping off Nigerians for years with recklessness. I remember that their fraudulent "win helicopter promo". Criminal 'emptyhen', it's karma time, i guess.

I am 10000% sure that nigeria WONT survive another war.

hmmm....

lalasticlala, our passport allows us access to only about 40 countries ( mainly other african countries and middle east) are we really Free people?

by Andrew Henderson

Many westerners want a second
passport to increase their personal
freedom and build an escape hatch.
Some US citizens want one to
renounce their US citizenship and
avoid never-ending worldwide tax
headaches .

However, many citizens of developing countries have an equally pressing need for a better passport: visa-free travel.
I’ve spoken to numerous clients who have lost out on job opportunities, investments, or personal meetings simply because their passport had a poor reputation.

While US and European citizens take
visa-free travel to most of the world
for granted, many other passports
serve as inferior travel documents that make leaving the country difficult.
It’s hard to travel the world as a Sri Lankan or Nigerian ; countries not only make you obtain visas prior to
approval, but getting those visas can
prove practically impossible in many
cases. If you’re a citizen of a country
with a bad passport, you may be
losing tens, if not hundreds, of
thousands of dollars in missed
opportunities.

Immigration authorities around the
world tend to take an odd view on
who should be allowed into their
country and who should not. For
example, Europe’s Schengen Area just opened up to countries like Vanuatu and Moldova (which are not particularly wealthy), while
simultaneously requiring citizens of
Peru to obtain a visa. It’s a
bureaucratic game and, unfortunately, one that some citizens lose.

In response to the success of our
article on the world’s best passports
for travel , here are the five worst
passports in the world for easy visa-
free travel…

The five worst passports for visa-
free travel.

5. Nepal
Nepal’s passport offers visa-free
access to a mere 37 countries, mostly nearby countries in South Asia. This causes the Nepalese passport to rank 90th in the world, which is quite poor when you consider there are plenty of
ties among better passports.
Most notably, Nepalese may visit
India, Pakistan, the Philippines and
Singapore without a visa, as well as
several islands and a number of
African countries.


4. Palestine
Palestine has been described as the
world’s largest open air prison — a
prison difficult to escape seeing that
Palestinians suffer the unfortunate
fate of a poor travel document. Using a Palestinian passport can prove even more challenging since the Gaza Strip has no usable airports due to its conflict with Israel. In fact, it’s not even clear who qualifies for citizenship in Palestine, due not only to the territorial issues with Israel and its British past, but also to vague nationality laws.
For those that have managed to get
one, the Palestinian Authority
passport offers visa-free travel to 35
countries, including surprisingly good access to Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Seychelles, the Maldives, and a number of other Caribbean and South Pacific islands.
Basically, all of the romantic vacation
spots. Palestinians can also spend 30 days in Malaysia without a visa,
although scrutiny of Palestinians, even in Muslim countries, is tough.


3.Somalia
Somalia is known for a number of
things, from the US military incursion in the 1990s to the Somali pirates of the 2000s, to humanitarian efforts in
Somaliland. Those factors, combined with Somalia’s history as a hotbed for black market passports, has made
Somalia’s passport tied for the third
worst passport on earth; it offers visa-free travel to just 32 countries.
Malaysia is among the countries that
allows Somalis 30 days visa-free
access for tourism. We frequently
discuss that Malaysia is one of the
most open countries for tourists,
which is significant considering that,
while a Somalian passport used to be in the top ten in Europe, the only
African country it offers access to
these days is Uganda.


3b.Pakistan
Pakistan’s 188 million citizens are
limited to visiting only 32 countries
without a visa, making international
travel difficult for those living in the
crowded country. In our experience,
Pakistanis are eager to obtain a
second passport as theirs is ranked
92nd best in the world. In fact, only
Haiti, Dominica, Micronesia, St.
Vincent, and Vanuatu offer true visa-
free travel to Pakistanis; the remaining
countries require an e-visa or a visa
on arrival, which may require that a
fee be paid.
Outside of a few Caribbean islands,
the best country Pakistan’s passport
grants access to appears to be
Bahrain, but only for 14 days at a
time.

2. Iraq
A sad history has made Western
governments fearful of Iraqis traveling to their country, and the current slate of problems in the region doesn’t help. As a result of factors, from Saddam Hussein to ISIS, Iraq’s passport is the second worst in the
world, allowing visa-free travel to only 31 countries. This positions the Iraqi travel document at number 93 among all passports in the world.
The good news for Iraqis is that their passport does allow travel to several countries of interest, such as Ecuador and Malaysia; even Macau allows Iraqi passport holders to obtain a visa on
arrival. Just don’t expect to have much
luck banking offshore with Iraqi
citizenship.

1. Afghanistan
The worst passport for travel
purposes is that of Afghanistan. The
Afghani passport offers visa-free travel to only 28 countries according to the
Visa Restrictions Index. Like their
neighbor, Pakistan, Afghanis have few true visa free travel options, as most countries that allow them to visit require a visa on arrival.
Dominica, Haiti, Micronesia, the Cook Islands, and St. Vincent allow pretty much any nationality to visit, including holders of all passports on this list.
Afghanistan citizens may visit Macau, Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, Samoa, and several African countries by obtaining
an electronic travel authorization
online or a visa on arrival. However,
Afghanis are refused admission to
Kuwait.
If you need a second passport for less restrictive international travel options, or merely for increased personal freedom, you can learn more about
second passports from us.

nomadcapitalist.com/2015/08/09/worst-passports-in-the-world-travel/

The whole write up sounds like garbage. Why not restructure it and make it intelligible!

rawpadgin:
no mind olamide & don jazzy
dem wan kill ur career with dem childish beef

Lol everybody don forget am true true.

I wasn't able to see the letters on the result clearly but if that report does not have the names and signature of the medical scientist(s) who actually carried out the said test then the report is FAKE and should be disregarded. Since she earlier wrote to NAPTIP, AMLSN and MLSCN should investigate the authenticity of the laboratory report.

Are you in PH?, i have a friend who is an expert in ECG.

coollabman:
long time no see

hmmm... interesting news! but it doesn't change the fact that mlscn is still a weak registration council that has provided the enabling environment for quacks to operate. I wonder how many more quacks are out there, perfecting the act of covering their tracks?

My brother, the med lab sci council has to wake up and really fast too. These quack Med. Scientists have destroyed families. Imagine a couple preparing for marriage only to walk into a laboratory and come out two fake genotype tests that says they are both AA, when they are really both AS because a quack Med. Scientist ran the tests. When the couple give birth to sickler children and their quality of life is destroyed forever, how do you restore hope to them?

I learnt the council is trying to introduce a watermark signature/stamp for every Scientist that will be difficult to fake, any result issued out in future may carry the signature, stamp and probably RN number of the scientist that supervised or ran the test, any result that doesn't carry this features will automatically become fake and unacceptable. It is already done in some countries.

By Winifred Ogbebo




One Mr Peter Chukwuemeka Okafor, a fake Medical laboratory Scientist has been convicted by a magistrate court (Court 1) in Agbor, Delta State.

The accused was consequently sentenced to six months in prison without an option of fine for impersonating a Medical Laboratory Scientist, Mr Koru Kere Cletus.

In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP in Abuja, the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), noted that while commenting on the court verdict, the Registrar/CEO of the council, Prof Anthony Emeribe described the judgment of the court as a victory for Nigerians who have been clamouring for sanity in the medical laboratory services sector.

He said, “Regrettably, these mindless quacks have been using unsuspecting patients as guinea pigs. It is another milestone in the council’s quest to eradicate quackery in the profession.”

Emeribe noted that with the victory, nefarious elements in the sector must be aware that it is no longer business as usual, and that they’ve no hiding place.

He reassured that the Council will not relent in its efforts to ensure that Nigerian patients receive only accurate and reliable test results when they submit themselves to laboratory investigations. ‘Only well trained personnel, recognized by Council are authorized to practice as medical lab scientists in the country. Those who attempt to do so without Council approval are making mockery of the law and endangering the lives of the citizens, and we won’t tolerate that,’ he said, promising that Council will continue to work towards the actualization of its mandate as enunciated in Act 11, 2003.

Narrating the journey to Okafor’s conviction Emeribe recalled that it was during one of the periodic inspection and monitoring exercise by Council’s South – South Zonal Office Benin, in conjunction with Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Delta State Branch, that it’s team approached one Mrs Patience Uti for verification of her documents only to discover that the 2012 practicing license presented by the addressee bearing the name Koru Kere Cletus was not the same as Peter Okafor that owns the laboratory under inspection.

Besides the difference of names on the license, it was also discovered that it was signed by Mrs E. U Okonkwo who retired in 2010 making the authenticity questionable.

According to Emeribe, the culprit was apprehended following a written complaint forwarded by the Council to the Commissioner of Police, Delta state on the matter. Okafor was subsequently charged to the court for forgery and impersonation.

While the accused was discharged and acquitted for lack of evidence on the 1st count charge, he was found culpable on the 2nd count charge of impersonating a Medical Scientist, Mr Koru Kere Cletus. One of the Prosecution witnesses, Mrs Patience Uti had earlier told the court that she had known the accused as Mr Koru Kere Cletus for the past three years not knowing that his name is Mr Peter Okafor. The accused has a Higher National Diploma (HND) qualification in Business Administration, a course that has no relationship with Medical Laboratory Science. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option of fine to serve as a deterrent to others who think they can just wake up one day and start collecting specimen from innocent citizens while pretending to be Medical Lab Scientists.

It will be recalled that the Council set up a national taskforce on inspection in 2014 which closed 15 laboratories on its first assignment in FCT.


http://leadership.ng/news/449753/fake-medical-lab-scientist-sent-to-jail

http://www.medicalworldnigeria.com/2015/07/court-sentenced-fake-medical-labortory-scientist#.Vh0j1dzYL1Y

Tufanja:
I am interested in medication use and supply in Nigeria.
Please feel free to share your answers.

1. Where do you buy your medication? At a pharmacy? Online? Elsewhere?
2. Which medication do you use and for what?
3. Do you buy this medication with a subscription of a GP/medical specialist?
4. Which medication is freely available without prescription (over-the-counter)?
5. Did you ever use medication that someone else (family-member, neighbor,..) gave you and that was not prescribed for you but for the other person?
6. Did you ever buy medication via not official ways? (with a prescription of someone else, a false prescription or on the illegal market?)
7. Do you always strictly follow the prescription (dosage, time, way of intake?)
8. Do you have knowledge of illegal distribution of medication? What type of medication? What was the supply route? Do you know about health incidents that can be linked to the intake of not prescribed illegally obtained medications?


~ Let’s build a nation of statesmen and send the areaboys home. ~

Who are the area boys, pls enlighten me?

20bc:
I don't like to donate blood cause I do this thing (donate) for free at the end of the day they sell it to people who are in need of it without considering the person that donated the blood(was thinking the blood is going to be given out freely to patience) Please help me out is my reason good enough for me not to donate blood..

No you got it wrong.Let me educate you.
During blood donation a lot screening is done to ensure that safe is donated.Question about lifestyle and sexual habits are asked. Donor must be considered fit.
Series of tests such as Syphilis[VDRL], Hepatis B.and C and HIV tests are done on the donor blood before it can be certified safe for tranfusion. Three phases of HIV tests alone may be done to rule out the presence of the virus-Determine, Stat pack and ELISA.

ELISA test alone costs about 5,000 naira, throw in other tests on HIV, Hepatitis and VDRL and the lab would have spent about N10,000 on that pint of blood. There is also the expensive cross-matching test, add that too. All these costs are serviced by the blood bank lab. Some labs even spend up to N20,000 making a pint of blood is safe.Safety is key.

Now blood is priceless, monetary value can not be placed on it. It is life. So when a patient's relative walks into lab reception to ask for blood, he will be paying for the COST OF ANALYSING THE BLOOD TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE AND ALSO FOR CROSSMATCHING that safe blood for tranfusion. He is NOT PAYING FOR THE BLOOD ITSELF. I think it is fair, Let's be grateful.

I read the comments of our allopathic doctor friends and i laughed hard. The Yayale report(influenced by NMA members on the commitee) recommends that PCN, Nursing council, Med Lab council etc be scrapped and you applaud that as Global best practices?. Don't we have Pharmacy council and BioMEd lab councils and Nursing councils in first world USA, UK even Australia?. Abrogration of the laws that set them up can only happen in the National assembly and All Nigerians(through their reps) will be waiting for that partisan recommendation in the Green chamber, Red chamber and if need be the Supreme court. Nigerians have found out that virtually all partisan laws that gave NMA undeserved headships in the health sector, were obtained by decrees during the Military era, we are in a Democracy. Life won't be the same for NMA. NMA has more to lose if they continue the winner takes all mentality. I will implore you all to get a copy of the harmonized health bill. All councils were recognized there. This is not the military era. Thank you all.

contd.....


INTERN WELFARE AND RELATIVITY!
18. The recommendation in 8.5.5 on page 172 that interns should be on duty when their supervisor are not working (on strike action) can be detrimental to patients because these students are to be supervised by their Senior Professional Colleagues. So if the supervisors are on strike, how can they be rendering specialized services, when their supervisor and quality control officer, who makes sure that accurate and efficient services are rendered are not around?

19. On the issue of relativity this is not founded in any labour statute in Nigeria as stated in 8.6.4 on page 174. Allopathic Physicians cannot be the one to decide what other Health Professionals should earn.

20. The recommendation in 8.6.16 on page 178 is a waste of tax payer’s money. There has been much job evaluation that has been done in the past and they were never implemented. It is a ploy to deny JOHESU members the Ruling of the NIC in their favour. When Government was negotiating with NMA and granted skipping did she do any job evaluation to have granted skipping of COMMESS 2 which is (Salary Grade 12)?

ATTEMPT TO AMBUSH THE LAW!
21. The recommendation made on page 187 in 9.2.8 for the immediate review of MDP Act CAP M8 LFN 2004 and the MLSCN Act CAP M25 LFN 2004 to remove the conflict in the function of the two agencies is misleading and false as suggested by Association of Pathologist and recommend by the Committee. This issue has been solved by the judgment of the National Industrial Court in favour of Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist that the laws governing MLSCN and MDCN are not in conflict. Again this matter is already before the Appeal Court and Supreme Court. So how can this Committee be sitting on a matter before a Court of Competent Jurisdiction? The Committee in favour of the opinion canvassed by the former Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu cannot sit in judgment to upturn the Res of a matter before a Court of Competent Jurisdiction. Above all, all that were adopted in this Committee have been canvassed in a Court of Competent Jurisdiction by members of Association of Pathologist/MDCAN and the Former Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and they lost. The Committee report is an exercise to ambush the rule of law.
ENACTING ENABLING LAWS FOR FMCS/AMENDMENT OF ACT CAP U15 LFN 2004!
22. The statement and recommendation on page 195 in 9.6.9 that Ministry of Health and Justice should take urgent steps to enact legislation for the Federal Medical Centre and other agencies that do not have enabling laws is false and misleading. The Federal Medical Centres have enabling laws and this has been ruled by the Court. This same statement was canvassed by the Minister and members of NMA in the above mentioned case. Section 19 of the Universal Teaching Hospital (Reconstitution, of boards etc) Act CAP U15 LFN 2004 – provides – “Hospital includes all institutions (However called controlled by the Board”. NIC has ruled that this law governs FMCs and is applicable to any Health Federal Institution. Again section 1 subsection 2, and section1subsection 2(a) of this same law provides –“the President may, from time to time, by order published in the Federal Gazzette.
A. Increase, vary or delete the Hospital specified in the schedule to this act”. We don’t need another law for FMCS.

B. The recommendation for amendment of the above stated law, is a waste of tax payers money to accommodate two Deputy Chairmen Medical Advisory Committee one for medical Service and the other for Clinical Training. What are the functions of the different Directors? The Committee should have mustered courage to condemn the illegalities in our various hospitals where different offices of DCMAC are created illegally till today not backed by law. This recommendation is a ploy to accede to the demand of NMA to destroy the Scheme of Services of other Health care Professionals that have Directorates
MLSCN AND NAFDAC LAWS!
23. The recommendation on page 199 in 9.7.8 is misleading NAFDAC and MLSCN are not given the same job. The work of MLSCN is specific to regulate the production, importation, sales and stocking of diagnostic laboratory reagents and chemicals, while NAFDAC regulates other medical devices. The two laws are not in conflict it is not duplication because it is only medical laboratory diagnostic materials that MLSCN regulates, while NAFDAC regulates, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetic and other medical devices.
MLSCN AND IVDs REGULATION!
24. The statement made by the former Minister of health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu in 9.7.2 on page 196 “that he was intrigued by the fact that MLSCN has powers to regulate laboratory equipment and reagents when they were not trained to do so, and that MLSCN lacks the capacity and competence to perform this function” is false and unfounded with all due respect. Medical Laboratory Scientist all over the world are involved in the standardization of reagents, and equipment they use in working. They are involved in instrumentation and in fabrication of equipment. In fact section 29(a) of MLSCN Act 11 2003, “defines Medical Laboratory Science as the practice involving the analysis of human or animal tissues, body fluids, excretion, production of biologicals, design and fabrication of equipment for the purpose of medical laboratory diagnosis, treatment and research”. The statement credited to the Minister above is not evidence based but prejudice. The most qualified agency to regulate Medical Laboratory Diagnostics is MLSCN she has the capacity, expertise and the statutory mandate by law to do so. The observation made in 9.73 again is false and misleading that MLSCN doesn’t have the mandate to regulate the importation of medical diagnostics. In line with MLSCN act in section 4 e MLSCN is saddled with the responsibilities regulate the production, importation, sales and stocking of diagnostic laboratory reagents and chemicals. The recommendation above will bring about untold hardship to patients because; it is Medical Laboratory Scientist that knows, use and standardizes Medical Laboratory reagents fit for Medical Laboratory Investigations.
DERECOGNITION OF DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY AND DOCTOR OF PHARMACY!
25. The recommendation for the abrogation and non recognition of Doctor of Optometry, and Pharm D Professional Doctorates in the Civil Service is ill fated. It should be noted, that all along, this has been canvassed by NMA in many fora. The award of Professional Doctorates in the health field is a global phenomenon. All over the world, there is Doctor of Optometry, Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Psychology, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Doctor of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Physiotherapy, Doctor of Integrative Medicine, Doctor of Holistic Medicine, Doctor of Ethnomedicine, even there is Doctor of Jurisprudence (Juris D). And Lawyers were the first to use this title Doctor. The title Doctor is not exclusive to medicine, for if it were, you would not have the term – “Medical Doctor”. The Committee’s recommendation is done in bad faith and upholds NMA long held agenda.
AFFRONT ON THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND NATURAL JUSTICE!
26. It should be noted that in the acknowledgment to this document the Committee, wrote “we also wish to appreciate the contributions of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu …… Similarly, the Committee is also appreciative of the response of the other former Ministers of Health for Interaction. These include Dr. Emmanuel Nsan, Prof. Adenike Grange, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman, Hajia Amina Ndalolo, Alh. Suleiman Bello. The Committee benefited a great deal from their view and advice born of their wealth of experience in the Health Sector”. Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu & his colleagues have always shown prejudice against JOHESU members, especially Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists. All he has canvassed in this report is what he canvassed in the case between Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist and two others VS Attorney General and 5 others. The Minister of Health lost in this case at the National Industrial Court. Again it should be noted that Prof. Ibirionke Akinsete, FAS, who is a member of the Committee is in Court with MLSCN of Nigeria. The observation made by Association of Pathologist of Nigeria which was adopted by this Committee was what her members canvassed in Court and lost. The action of Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Prof. Ibirionke Akinsete and the position of Ministry of Health in this report undermines the second principle of Natural Justice “Nemo Judex Incausa sua” – No body shall be a judge in his own cause or case. In order words when adjudication is intended in a matter which comes before him, he should not participate in the adjudication, if he does, the result will be nullified on the ground of likelihood of bias. The presence of Prof. Ibirionke Akinsete FAS in this Committee is highly prejudicial to MLSCN because she is presently in Court with MLSCN. Above all, the issue raised by Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu is already before a Court of Competent Jurisdiction. The Committee cannot put herself forward to make recommendations on issues before a Court of competent jurisdiction. Fair Hearing and Natural Justice is an International concept, it has been recognized under article 10 of the United Nation Universal declaration of human rights 1948. What NMA, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and his colleagues could not achieve in Court, in the National Assembly, and in the National Confab, is why they want to ambush the Health Sector through Yayale Ahmed Committee Report, as such we reject this report.

27. It should be noted that the Committee’s recommendation is a violation of section 34(1) (A),(B) and Fifth Schedule Part 1 Code of Conduct for Public Officers as stated in the 2011 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended).
34(1) every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly.
(A) No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment (B) no person shall be held in servitude.
The Fifth Schedule Part 1 Code of – Conduct for Public Officers 1 and 9 states.
(1)A public officer shall not put himself in a position where his personal interest conflicts with his duties and responsibilities
(9) A public officer shall not do or direct to be done, in abuse of his office, any contrary act prejudicial to the rights of any other persons knowing that such act is unlawful or contrary to.
The recommendation of this Committee is prejudicial and contrary to the laws of the Federation.

CONCLUSION
Finally, haven consulted extensively with our members and our Legal Adviser, we firmly believe that this report is a violation of our right to Professional dignity and existence, above all it is an affront on the subsisting Court judgment in favour of Association Medical Laboratory Scientist and all JOHESU members, an affront on the Public Service Rule, Scheme of Services for Health Professionals. It is a report supporting flagrant disregard of Rule of Law. Based on this, we the members of Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist Delta State Branch reject this document in totality and call on the incumbent President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan(GCFR) not to implement these recommendations, because it will bring about the imminent collapse of the Health Sector in Nigeria. If the President wants a true resolution of conflict in the Health Sector, he should dust Justice Abdulahi Gusau’s report on conflict resolution in the Nigerian Health Sector, because this Committee holistically brought functional recommendations that will bring lasting peace in the Health Sector based on equity, fair play and justice. Government should reflect on the report of Ayida Review Panel 1994 that reported that the Civil Service should revert to the system that is guided by the relevant provisions of the Constitution, the Civil Service Rules, the financial regulation and Circulars. This will stop the flagrant disregard of extant laws, bring about the demilitarization of the Health Sector, and stop frequent bickering, rancor, and impunity in the Health Sector.

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JOHESU DEMANDS!
5. We reject the recommendation in 3.2.16 on page 61. Appointment of Professionals into the Board should be by equal representation. All Professional Groups,that have a Directorate should be appointed as representatives of the Professional Services they render in the Board. This will bring about democratic functionality in the Hospital and the Board.

6. The Committees recommendation in 3.2.19 on page 62 is prejudicial to JOHESU members. When issues have been awarded to Allopathic Doctors, the Committee will enjoin the Government to grant them, but on the issue of implementation of the National Industrial Court judgment in favour of JOHESU with the suit NO. NICN/ABJ/238/2012 the Committee could not rightly advice the Government to do the right thing. Thereby showing bias to welfare rights of JOHESU members.

7. The recommendation on page 63 in 3.2.24 that JOHESU members cannot be members of National Council on Health is also seen in bad faith, because this body can be enlarged to accommodate members of JOHESU, who are directors and also experts in Health matters. After all, it is a Council on Health. Presently the body is composed of Virtually Allopathic Doctors, who are not the only Professionals in the Health Sector. And they cannot be all knowing on health matters, as such the Committees report is discriminatory and prejudicial to JOHESU members.

8. The recommendation on page 68 in 3.2.33 did not follow stipulated Scheme of Services for Health Professionals. Hospital Management Committee should be appointed from the Directors of the various functional Service Departments, who are the ones who take charge of the Departments.

9. The recommendation on page 70, in 3.37 for the immediate rationalization and realignment of the under listed regulatory agencies in the Health Sector, is not in the best interest of good health care practice, when all the various Bodies are realigned together.

10. The recommendation on page 79 in 3.5.13 that Allopathic doctors are the leaders of the health team is not founded in any Nigerian statute. The International best Practice is that hospital chief executive can be a non medical personnel, who is an expert on Hospital Administration/Management. The Hospital has many Service teams who work in a Directorate system. The Clinical Service Team, Pharmaceutical Service Team, Nursing Service Team, Medical Laboratory Service Team etc and they are all answerable to the Chief Medical Director. The law setting up the Hospital did not say that the Hospital Chief Executive must be an Allopathic Doctor, rather it stated who is “Medically qualified” and the issue of WHO IS MEDICALLY QUALIFIED IS BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION (FEDERAL HIGH COURT, AWKA) to interpret who is “Medically qualified”. All the different Directors of the Service Departments are “leaders of their team”. So the term Medical Doctor is the leader of the team is a misnomer, for in the Hospital there are many Service Teams who are answerable to the General Service Team Leader, the Chief Executive of the Hospital, who all over the world must not be a Medical Doctor.

11. The recommendation on page 91 in 4.5.6 shows how the Committee was just there to favour Allopathic Doctors, all payments, even the ones they did not rightly deserve were given to them, when it is not a statutory right, but issues as it affects JOHESU were denied them. The Committee did not have the will power to tell Government to obey the rule of law.

12. The recommendation in 4.7.4 on page 94 is prejudicial to other Medical Personnel. It is not only House Officers who are interns that should be paid rural posting and other allowances, when they perform the relevant duties in the rural area. All Health Professionals who render such essential duties should be paid such allowance. As such we reject this recommendation.

13. The recommendation on page 105 in 5.2.8 that

A. The Federal Ministry of Health should as a matter of urgency develop a separate scheme of Service for Professionals in Tertiary Health Institution.

B. The Federal Ministry of Health should … review the issue of Proliferation of Cadres within the Public Healthcare System as well as those with duplicated and overlapping function, with a view to properly realign them and their function.

D The Federal Ministry of Health should direct heads of agencies in the Public Health Sector to fully implement the Scheme of Service without them being appointed HOD is a violation of the various Scheme of Services and the Public Service criteria for appointment in the Civil Service as already stated in the Scheme of Service. As such we reject this recommendation.

14. The Committee in her observation in 5.4.14 on page 111 showed prejudice to the implementation of Court Judgment in favour of JOHESU on movement of JOHESU members from grade level 10 – grade level 12 as stated in the Scheme of Service. The Government has refused to implement this, even though there is no stay on execution on this matter. The Committee could not recommend that the Government should to do the right thing. The same Committee members recommended skipping for Allopathic Doctors in 5.4.17d on page 113. The same Committee and Government that refused to uphold the Scheme of Service for JOHESU members even with Court Judgment in their favour, recommended skipping of COMMESS 2 (Salary Grade Level 12) which is not in their scheme of service for NMA, by stating, the status quo ante should be maintained pending the outcome of the appeal by the Federal Ministry of Health in the National Industrial Court on the matter.

B. On issue of Post Graduate College, for all Medical Personnel the Committee has shown prejudice to JOHESU members, she has only favoured Allopathic Doctors, to be the only one having Post Graduate College as stated in 6.5.2 on page 136

VIOLATION OF RULE OF LAW AND CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION!
15. The recommendation in 7.28 on page 142 that;
A. The Radiologist heads the Radiology Department while the Radiography Scientist does the imaging and submits to the Radiologist for interpretation and further action.
B. The Pathologist who is a physician, head all Pathology laboratories. In this regard the Scientist, including Medical Laboratory Scientists collects and analyses specimens and then forwards the results to the Pathologist for interpretation and further action
C. The ophthalmologist heads the Ophthalmology Department and refers relevant patient to the Optometrist.
D. Despite (a,b & c) above, the Radiologist, Pathologist and Ophthalmologist who are Medical Doctors can also independently conduct or carry out relevant test in the Laboratory and the most Senior Scientist in the Department of Radiology and Pathology shall act as the Technical Head of the Laboratory and be responsible to the Head of Department. The above recommendation is a violation of the various Scheme of Services for Medical Laboratory Scientists, Radiographers, and Optometrists. Again it is a violation of the criteria for appointment as stated in the Public Service Rule 020205 to be eligible for appointment into the Federal Public Service Rule every applicant must 20205e “Possess requisite qualification as provided in the scheme of Service”. No Nigerian Scheme of Service has given Allopathic Doctors such function. The scheme of Service for Medical Laboratory Scientist in section 2.9, 2.9.1 provides that the Director of Medical Laboratory Services shall be in Charge (Head) of the Department of Medical Laboratory Services. This recommendation is an affront to the judgment in favour of Medical Laboratory Scientist in the National Industrial Court conveyed via suit No. NICN/ABJ/128/2013 of 23rd October, 2012. The recommendation above violates section 18 subsections 2, section 22 subsections 2 of MLSCN Act 11 2003. The recommendation violates section 5 subsection 5 of CAP U15 LFN 2004 University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstruction of Boards etc) which is the organic law for Hospital operation & service in Federal Health Institution

JOB EVALUATION AND AMENDMENT OF EXTANT LAWS!
16. The recommendation on page 145 in 7.4.5 is a waste of tax payer’s money. For there have been many job evaluation before now that has not been implemented and the files are just lying there

17. The recommendation on page 149, in 7.5.9 that Government should initiate action on the revision of extant law is purely an NMA agenda Government should be firm in calling NMA and her agents of division in the Ministry of Health to order. The problem in the Nigeria Health Sector is flagrant disregarded of extant laws and Scheme of Services of other Health Professionals by Allopathic Doctors supported by the Ministry of Health and Chief Executives of Hospitals. There is no problem in the extant laws, the Committee failed to call Allopathic Doctors to order on their disregard of statutory laws of other Health-care Professionals. Anybody employed in the Service has an essential service to render and there are criteria for appointment, which Allopathic Doctors have failed to respect.

ALH. YAYALE AHMED COMMITTEE REPORT THE CATALYST FOR IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF THE HEALTH SECTOR IN NIGERIA-THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST DELTA STATE BRANCH NIGERIA


AMLSN Delta State Branch Position on Alh. Yayale Ahmed Committee Report
Posted: 22/Jan/2015
ALH. YAYALE AHMED COMMITTEE REPORT THE CATALYST FOR IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF THE HEALTH SECTOR IN NIGERIA-THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST DELTA STATE BRANCH NIGERIA
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PREAMBLE
On the 19th of December, 2014 the Alhaji Yayale Ahmed Committee on Inter – Professional Relationship in the Public Health Sector (PCEIPRHS) submitted her report to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR). The submission of the report was publicly advertised in the various mass media. As stakeholders in the Health Sector and having gone through this report, we use this medium to reject the recommendations of this report, because if the recommendations are carried out, it is going to lead to the imminent collapse of the Health Sector. And create more problems, worse than what we have today in the Health Sector. The Committee did not holistically identify the problems in the Health Sector and her recommendations are prejudicial to other Medical Personnel, who are not Allopathic Doctors. Furthermore, their recommendations are against the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Public Service Rule, Government approved Scheme of Service ,Extant Laws , Extant Circulars and International Best Ethical Practice.

Below are some of her observations and recommendations which are based on wrong premises.
MLSCN AND MDCN LAWS!
1. The Committee had stated in observation 2.7.5 on page 46. “Some health Professional complained of overlap of functions in the roles and responsibilities of some Regulatory Agencies in the Health Sector. For instance, both the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), regulate Medical Laboratories in Hospitals, the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act CAP M8 LFN 2004 empower the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to regulate and control Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria, thus making regulation for the operation of clinical laboratory practice in the field of pathology which includes, histo – pathology forensic pathology, autopsy and cytology, clinical cytogenetic, haematology, medical microbiology and medical parasitology, chemical pathology, chemical chemistry and medical virology”.

The statement above is forgery which violates the penal code 362(B). It is trite law that you don’t add to organic law. The law quoted above did not state that. The words clinical laboratory practice, regulation of Medical Laboratories and control of Laboratory Medicine was never used in that Act. Rather Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M8, 2004 in section 1 subsection 2e mandates MDCN to make regulations for her members, it states “making regulations for the operation of clinical laboratory practical in the field of pathology which includes Histopathology, Forensic Pathology, Autopsy and Cytology, Clinical Cytogenetics, Haematology, Medical Micro-biology and Medical Parasitology, Chemical Pathology, Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Medical Virology…..”. The law never said “regulation of Medical Laboratory Services and Practices”. MDCN is to regulate the practicals done by her members while MLSCN Act CAP M25/LFN/2004, in section 4(B) mandates MLSCN to regulate the practice of Medical Laboratory Science in Nigeria. While section 19(D) of the same act mandates MLSCN to make rules for “maintenance of good standard of Medical Laboratory Practice and Services with respect to regulation and control of private practice including statutory inspection, approval and monitoring of all Medical Laboratories including those adjoined to clinics, private and public health institution”. The jobs are distinct and don’t overlap.

2. The Committee had erroneously observed on page 47 in 2.7.9 by saying “the Committee observed that in order to resolve the conflict of overlap of function between MDCN and MLSCN, the latter took the matter to the National Industrial Court for adjudication. In its judgment conveyed via suit No NICN/ABJ/128/2012 23rd October, 2012, the Court found that there is no conflict in the laws establishing the two bodies. It further ruled that Medical Laboratory Science is a distinct Profession under the laws of Nigeria. The Committee further observed that the judgment was in regards to legality by, MLSCN as a distinct body. The Committee was worried that the Court did not delve into the cases of overlap of function. Consequently, irrespective of the judgment by a Court of competent jurisdiction the disharmony in the relationship between the pathologist and Medical Laboratory Scientist has continued to foster”.

The first and the latter part of the statement above by the Committee are false and misleading. The Committee did not verify what she wrote. It was never MLSCN that went to Court, to determine her legality as a Body. It was Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria in conjunction with her members in Federal Medical Centre, Asaba that went to Court. This was as a result of the violation of Extant Laws, Public Service Rule, the Scheme of Service of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria, and the action of Management of FMC Asaba to undermine MLSCN law, as it affects Medical Laboratory Science Practice in Nigeria. The Court Ruled in favour of Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist and her members that Medical Laboratory Science is a distinct profession, outside Medicine. And that their Scheme of Service that provides for a Department of Medical Laboratory Services, to be headed by the Director of Medical Laboratory Services, who is a Medical Laboratory Scientist should be upheld. The Court ordered the affected defendants, the Attorney General/Minister of Justice, Minister of Health (as at then Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu) Dr. L.O. Erhumwunsee (M.D FMC Asaba), Mr. A.O. Farombi (Director of Admin FMC Asaba), Dr. T.Y. Oyebadejo, Dr. J.C. Aneke (Representing Consultant Pathologist) to obey the judgment. The Committee went further to make wrong statements in page 48 in 2.7.11, 2.7.12. In 2.7.12. The Committee had falsely noted that MDCN and MLSCN have similar regulatory functions including accreditation of Medical Laboratories, thereby creating duplication of functions in the practice. The statements above is false and misleading, there is no place in the MDCN law that they were given the mandate to regulate and accredit Medical Laboratories, the only agency given such function is MLSCN as provided in Act 11 2003, in section 4h inspect, regulate and accredit Medical Laboratories in Nigeria.


3. The committee on page 49 in 2.7.13 had based her recommendations on the wrong premise elucidated above and as such in 2.7.13 ABCD she wrongfully stated/recommended
A. The amendment of the enabling laws of the affected regulatory agencies with a view to realigning them to remove duplication of mandates and functions that generated conflicts.
B. That Regulatory Agencies should ensure compliance and good practice by the Professionals under their purview.
C. That Government should take another look at the various regulatory agencies and consider establishing one agency for the regulation, including accreditation of science and Medical Laboratories in the Country. The rationalization is necessary because it would not only reduce the number of agencies but also reduce the cost of governance with regards to the administration of the Professional bodies they regulate.
D. That to give effect to (a - c) above the immediate establishment of a National Health Care Commission that will superintend all Tertiary Institutions and Regulatory Agencies in the Public Health Sector……….. We strongly reject this recommendation because it is prejudicial to the Regulatory Bodies in Nigeria and the premise for this recommendation is faulty and misleading. No two Regulatory Body as stated above is given the same function. We reject the constitution of the said National Healthcare Commission, because it is not needed.

4. We reject the recommendation made in page 55 in 2.7.25 (A) the enabling laws of the relevant regulatory agencies should be urgently reviewed to remove areas of overlap and conflict. There is no area of conflict in those laws rather the Ministry of Health with the comity of Allopathic Doctors in Collaboration with NMA, have refused to obey criteria for appointment as stated in the various scheme of Services of different Professional groups.

kinguwem:
You're absolutely correct. Some of these medical laboratory scientists are quacks. They do consultations & prescription of drugs in their offices. Some prefer to be called doctors by clients.

I agree, there are quack Scientists and but i have never met anyone who hasn't had a near-death experience with quack physicians and butchers in white coat. I have not.

And can you describe the origin of the word 'doctor'?

Jonwesley:
OP, there is also a question I have. The Nigeria Institute of Science Lab Tech (NISLT) and Nigeria Medical Lab Science (NMLS) by operation, which is better recognised? Tell me why the Medical Lab separated themselves from NISLT, or is the Medical Lab a separate science that can't be under the umbrella of NISLT? Just enlighten me on this dichotomy please.

Go to the 1st page and read the whole thread afresh. May you be blessed with understanding.

babosky2008:
you got it wrong.A qualified doctor is equal to a lab scientist + a nurse + a pharmacist + microbiologist + a biochemist + a pharmacologist +a psychologist. This is where we coined d word general practitioner.

Was that what you were taught in med school?. Oh God!

Uncleodi:
1. UTI
2. Malaria
3. Pregnancy
4. Typhoid
5. Anaemia
6. Sepsis
7. Ureamia
8. Hepatitis
9. Immunosuppression
10. Renal failure
11. Heart failure
12. Eclampsia
13. Neonatal tetanus
14. Sickle cell disease
15. Schizophrenia
16. Lymphoma
17. Ca P
18. Increased ICP
19. Fracture
20. Labour
21. Meningitis
22. Pneumonia
23. Helminthiasis
24. PID
25. Ectopic preg
26. Multiple myeloma. Dont ask me how
27. Diarrhoea
28. Stroke
29. Asthma
30. Osteomyelitis
.
.
100. Diabetes

With a good knowledge of Pathologic basis of diseases, any doctor in the rural area can make accurate diagnosis without needing a Lab test for mere confirmatory purposes.

MLS is over rated if I may say. They don't make diagnosis for doctors. Nah! Rather the doctor can use his clinical skill to manage his patients without mortality.

This explains why more doctors are employed than MLS in any hospital.

U can imagine when u have serious emergency as a doctor and u keep waiting for the MLS or technician to run samples for u without starting some treatments for the patient. Hmmm that would be disastrous.

Abeg, make I sleep. This my auto check just de spoil my spellings.

We all need each other in the medical field and not all these hatred.

These are the tests that are associated with the conditions your reeled out as not needing lab tests. If a course has to do with lives it can not be overrated or irrelevant. When you start your own practice, i'm sure you'll need incantations in place of lab investigations like a magician that you really are.

1. UTI--- urine m/c/s, urinalysis.
2. Malaria--- M.P smear, malaria molecular tests
3. Pregnancy- HCG test
4. Typhoid- Serolgy
5. Anaemia- Hb tests, PCV, CBC
6. Sepsis- direct gram, blood culture
7. Ureamia-E/U/Cr,Blood urea Nitrogen(BUN), Creatinine clearance
8. Hepatitis- AST, ALT, HCV, HbsAg
9. Immunosuppression-FBC, ?HIV test
10. Renal failure- E/U/Cr
11. Heart failure- Lipids, cardiac markers(troponin), pericardial fluid analysis,
12. Eclampsia-platelet count and function, protein/creatine ration estimation.
14. Sickle cell disease- Genotype, Hb,
15. Schizophrenia- Blood screening for drugs and alcohol to rule out conditions with similar symptoms.
16. Lymphoma- cbc, blood smear, lymph aspiration
18. Increased ICP-Serum bile acid
19. Fracture- Radiography(it is not a lab test, the imaging scientists coming in here)
21. Meningitis- CSF analysis
22. Pneumonia-bacteria sputum culture, influenza test
23. Helminthiasis-stool microscopy
24. PID- HVS m/c/s
26. Multiple myeloma- BJ proteins
27. Diarrhoea- stool analysis,
28. Stroke- PT, INR, for rule outs.
29. Asthma-tests for allergens will help rule out causes
30. Osteomyelitis- blood culture
100. Diabetes- RBS, FBS, gycosylatd Hb

Onyiridike:
It is this misconception that make lecturers from basic medical science background (Biochemistry, Physiology and Anatomy) fail you people.

You have been brainwashed and yet your brain is not clean enough to understand the relevance of other disciplines.

You talk as if laboratories only exist in the hospital.

Do you think you are more relevant than a Biochemist in Research Institutes concerned with carrying out research and production of Biochemicals such as enzymes, hormone synthesis, fructose, aspartame, among others.

Biochemists, microbiologists and chemists work as quality control anylysts in manufacturing industries and their roles are regulated by NAFDAC and SON.

In developed countries, you are NOTas relevant as a Biochemist when it comes to forensic medicine used in crime detection, DNA sequence analysis, and finger printing.

Have you ever been to a genetic engineering laboratory where Biochemists and molecular biologists perform wonders by manipulating genes.

Do you know the role of mass spectroscopy in drug design?

Continue with your pregnancy test, genotype, blood group and other routine hospital lab. work and never stop deceiving yourself that laboratory is your natural habitat.

Madam, we are saying the same thing, if you read my initial posts with an open mind you would have seen where i said your life science discipline is relevant in Academic research while MLS holds the ace in Lab. diagnosis. The lab is also your habitat if there are only experiments to carry out but if a patient's sample comes in, you'll have to let me handle that. It is my Job specification.

dumodust:
whenever a half knowledge quack misses his way and lands on nairaland, you will know. Stop discussing things you know nothing about. Urologists are at the forefront of using and developing the da vinci system and the last time i checked, its a surgeon that still controls and uses the arms of the robot to achieve magnification and precision in cutting and repair in other to avoid errors. Technology is welcome in medicine, we have always embraced it as far as it makes our work easier and will save lives but it can never replace the human brain and diagnosis is currently still deduced from the human brain and will forever be.
and what do you know about telemedicine and whatever? all of them are tools just like the robot, they were designed to make work easier. [size=15pt]even if it results in employing less doctors, the patient care is the focus[/size].
on the other hand, your fake course that is supposed to be hnd or ond are churning out quacks like rats... and they are all talking like you... because you bribed a few senators to sneak in an obnoxious act not seen any where else in the world, you think Nigerians are impressed with this your empowered to do this and that... thank God the NUC did their research properly and clamped down. the good health of the nigerian citizen is being defended daily against ursurpers like you and some things cant just exist only in Nigeria. in the end, you cant just over emphasize the value of a waec certificate in sieving people to their rightful positions. This build up to the election has been so insightful
the microbiologists, biochemists etc with lab skill are employed all over the world working in research labs as assistants etc... so stop ranting about rape here... na una dey sodomize una selves

These people....
But I take consolation in the fact that you agreed with the bolded. In technology you do more with less.

You see some of you wake up and make loads of noise on this website but in reality you are empty in the skull. A friend from india once told me that in Nigeria there are more butchers in wardcoats than real physicians-but they all have M.B.B.S. If the Nigerian patients know a fraction of their rights many of you would have either stopped practicing and probably go into nollywood, juju music or something. So stop singing the "we-are-fighting-for-the-patient", especially when you want more pay. The patient knows you don't give a fart about him, but sometimes he's not educated enough to know he can send you to jail, when you harm him with your cluelessness and carelessness. He also knows you have no business running his medical tests, recent events in the health sector have enlightened him.

Your noise about not recognizing MLS, starts in your bedroom and ends in your bathroom, the Law is more important that everything you represent. When your mass of flesh decays... whenever it wishes to, the law will still be standing aloof, Gerrit?
You say senators were bribed to enact law that has ensured improvement in our Medical Laboratories? our battle ground against HIV and TB? and saved lives? LWKMD, You should consider going part-time in clowning. It could bring in more bucks who knows?. How much were Scientists earning at that time to be able to bribe Senators?.
Is this how NMA bribes senators so they can regulate the native doctors practicing Traditional medicine?

My history book teaches me that your pathologists always dissociated themselves from the labs when a patient dies and fingers are pointed towards it. Nigerians sat in Abuja, and decided to make a law regulate it and ensure standards, and in their wisdom gave the mantle of leadership to the "Lab guy" who does all the tests and gets all the blames. Your irresponsible pathologists went home and only came when the Scientists have worked so hard to clean up our national medical laboratories to compete with international standards, and make it respectable. Why should you reap where you have not sowed?

NUC is a generalized regulatory body, they can not effectively regulate specialized courses without special inputs from PCN, MDCN, MLSCN, Nursing council. Your physician NUC BOT chairman will not be their forever. Our LAWS will outlive him.

ACM10:
Till they quit telling me that Staphylococcus aureus is the causative organism of UTI, I have no respect for the medical lab scientists. Most of them are MedSurg rejects and some are glorified charlatans.

Reminds me of that physician in UBTH that said Pseudomonas aeroginosa is a gram positive and Oxidase negative organism. The pathologist Kpanthologist can't recognize a swarmed pseudo agar plate, even if it's hung on his neck. Yet he wants to head the Medical Lab. Scientist. The feeling is mutual.