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ikennahill: funny Nigerian Medical doctors,u want your own residency but you are fighting others from doing fellowship in their own field(not medicine).It baffles me how these medical doctors think.Some are saying it is war with government,do they know the power government have? Hmmmm my brother go and read about government in time of war .I love this thing done by our president.Medical doctors in 9ja don chew too much.

You are fighting every other health care professional from growing to their peak,from been directors,from been consultants in their own field,from getting their allowances,from becoming CMDs,from further training,from existing.

[b]You are Commissioner of health,ministers of health,perm sec ministry of health in Federal and 97% of states,you are directors of medical service in federal and state ministry,if FMOH and atste Ministry of health have 5 directors you have 4 directors out of five,you are head of HMBs in most states,you are chairmen of most Federal and state Hospital and health related boards and parastattals,including Nafdac,primary health,[/b]etc.

You are MDs,head of most departments including colonization of some of them by force eg optometrist and ophthalmologist,etc,you even want to head medical lab,account dept,administration,medical record,etc.This is not enough after leading(was it actual leading?) and heading everywhere you turn around to say our system is in shamble because of a student that refuse to learn though government pay for his training,his salaries even while in training and will pay him higher on graduation.

WHY IS GOVT NOW EMPLOYING 490 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS NOW? THIS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATED AND APPROVED FOR LONG BUT NMA HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THIS USING THEIR VARIOUS CONNECTION LIKE THEY DO TO OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

.NMA COLONISED MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH(MPH) IN NIGERIA,BUT PUBLIC HEALTH IS FOR EVERYBODY INCLUDING GRADUATES OF MASS COMMUNICATION ,HISTORY,ARCHITECTURE,ETC.IN 2011 THE BEST MPH STUDENT IN UCT WAS AN UGANDAN THAT READ MASS COMMUNICATION IN UGANDA.AS IF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA RENAMED MPH TO BE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR NON MBBS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM MPH WHILE THEY DO THE SAME COURSE,TAKE LECTURES TOGETHER WITH MBBS MPH STUDENTS,TAKES THE SAME EXAM BUT GET DIFFERENT CERTIFICATE.TODAY EBOLA IS HERE WITH US AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS ARE TO BE EMPLOYED,THEN WHERE ARE THOSE MDCAN PUB HEALTH CONSULTANTS.
JONATHAN I DOFF MY HAT FOR YOU.IT IS 2 MONTHS NOW MBBS DOCTORS ARE ON STRIKE AND WE ARE STILL ALIVE.GOD WILL KEEP US ALIVE TILL HE DECIDE TO CALL US HOME ANY DAY HE WISH.

KUDOS TO GEJ

DrWise: This is s step in the right direction by the Jonathan administration. These incompetent fools addressed as doctors cannot hold us to ransom. In trying times like this when ebola virus is threatening to wipe out our very existence, these fools are happily on strike and you want the FG to relax and watch these renegade crumble the health sector as a result of superiority fight?

The same people that enjoy various privileges including highest paid during NYSC and various bursaries are the ones engaging the government in a faceoff. The Fashola administration used the same approach of locums and put an end to a seeming situation some time ago.

I have a younger sister who is a medical doctor and I have told her severally that I am disappointed in the NMA, MDCN and whatever umbrella you group.

No going back by the FGN!

warrior01: what a great relief! After all, most Nigeria doctors are utterly useless. imagine some of them denying their profession and others tending their resignation letters just because they heard Ebola is in town. Thank God for the able agbo sellers

obynokoko: this action is long awaited,an employee cannot cannot hold an employer at ransom,this medical doctors have taken too much.they should use their money to finance their residency programme like other health workers.the next step is to sack the minister of health and appoint a neutral person for dat position.thumb up for GEJ

bigass: I know 5 doctors that are not practising. They work in the bank. Will you blame them for any patients death? Many are travelling out. Many work in the oil sector

aluunoble: Thanks for ur advice but u might not do less in u were in ma shoe. Remember, not all doctors are surgeons! There is no justification of a more than 1000 per cent increase in hazard allowance. If we should base the justification of the bloated demand for an increase of Harzard Allowance from the current #5000 to a sky-rocketed #100,000, please further tell the public how a Doc gets to know that a patient is resistant to TB...maybe when a TB patient goes to the Lab for a follow-up test or for a doc to know the progression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis after the patient has been comfirmed TB +Ve he/she by way of 'voluntary action' refuses to cough. Mind u broh, there is no Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) in Nig in this 21st century that is of Level 3 in any Public Health facility. Yes! I speak with facts! Hence, the Lab Scientist is predisposed to nosocomia infection posed by TB and the like. How do u know a TB patient is drug-resistant if such a patient had not being placed on a therapy? May be a Pharmacist never dispensed drugs and the in-patient was never attended to by a Nurse. Pls let the public be informed of the percentage of surgeons in Nig amidst the doctors. Unfortunately, greed has eaten deep into the fabrics and further beclouded the sense of objective reasoning of NMA. I reserve my comment on the embezzlement saga as I dnt know who to blame for the abysmal performance of EFCC and ICPC because if there had been equal to the task, corruption would have been defaced in Nig Dictionary! All I pray for is sanity in every sector of our national life! Imagine if Nigeria was USA!

aluunoble: HAZARD ALLOWANCE, RURAL POSTING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES
Let me start with the hazard allowance. I will simply ask a question here to any member of the public. Is five thousand naira (about 28 USD or 18 GBP) enough compensation for any of the following risks to your life (and by extension, the life of your immediate family) every single day? People coughing into your face; blood splashing onto your clothes, skin, eyes and mouth; handling human faeces, urine, flesh and other fluids; working with razors, knives and needles around patients with highly infective conditions (HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Lassa Fever, Tuberculosis and others)?
If anyone would say yes to the question, or argue that they are more exposed to these dangers than the Doctor or Nurse, let them come out. I will stop at that.

Pls kindly educate the public who plays with those aforementioned human secretions, faeces, urine, blood and blood products in the course of diagnosis. It's shameful to say the least that u guyz wil even claim to be peeing and pooing 4 d patients too in the course of prognosis and diagnosis. Hw do u knw a patient has hepatitis, Hiv, lassa fever n d recent Ebola virus without proper Laboratory test? Maybe the Lab Scientists do it by Infrared or better still bluetooth hence they r not exposed to biological hazards as u claim.... What of the nurses that take it upon themselves to carter and care for the patients as if they are blood-bonded? If u claim to care about their welfare as u sided them just in this instance in the context of ur write up why didn't u capture them as part of the supposed beneficiaries of the #100,000 Hazard allowance? Shame on u and ur cronies on this platform peddling falsehood to the general public.U must not be a pathologic and pathetic liar to score cheap points. I think the public need to know that the only Laboratory in Nig @ the momnet where the much dreaded lassa fever is diagnosed is owned by a Med Lab Scientist in Edo State in the person of Prof. Agbonlahor
On the issue of dilapidated hospital facilities who is to blame? A Chief Med Director (a thieving Doctor) who awards contracts via the back door in a bid to siphon money or the the FG? I think the FG as every blame has alwayz been on them...I could term u to be worse than Boko Haram if u fail to inform the public that JUTH Labs (Med Microbiology and Chem Path to be precise) are yet to be completed after a decade that presidnt Obj commisioned the new site and the Doctors of a Chief Med Directors that have come and gone are yet unpertubbed. Where is the contracted money meant for it? Obum let me further wash the dirty linen of ur JUTH to the public; refute it if u can, that the Chief Med Dir allegedly hijacked money that was purpotedly meant for workers Dec 2013 bonus and bouth a Range Rover worth millions of Naira. U guyz are regrettably incurably greedy. The Docs are the fundamental problem in the health sector esp the ones that were trained here in Nig. I hv graciously observed that Docs trained abroad are more cultured, humble, dedicated and mannered than their counterparts in Nig. Obembe ur NMA boss is still living in anachronistic disillusionment and hence misleading u guyz. I pray the court settle all this injustices in the health sector soonest as it remains the last hope of the common man. Endeavour to oblige to court ruling in toto and not treat it with unhealthy comtempt. I wish u luck!

Morotov1: What exactly do you want him to say except exulting his profession and undermining yours, it is an age long tactics.
All of a sudden graduates are debating why my career and profession is better than yours with these few points of mine nonsense........I am sorry but this is shameful, hilarious and at the same unfathomable to say the least.
CONCERNED CITIZEN.

hugafella: I strongly condemn the actions of the doctors. They go on strike these days far more than is good for comfort, without minding the human cost or loss of lives involved. These doctors are so heartless because they are already very highly paid. Our doctors have already become glorified mercenaries who just want the money at all costs. who else is as highly paid as they are? The doctors strikes every now and then has lost every sense of decency, morality, and public support and now borders on the ridiculous . Only in lawless Nigeria will doctors take laws into their own hands. We need to sack all of them and bring in foreigners if they continue to hold the country to ransom. After all, lawyers are far less paid but have never embarrassed themselves in this manner. Are lawyers not also professionals? Our Nigerian doctors should travel out and learn to stop over hyping themselves. Even ASUU is becoming envious of NMA striking pattern.

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DebateNigeria: I know this topic may not make FP because it is not against the medical doctors as only topics against doctors make FP. I have always been an anonymous visitor or guest here but had to join nairaland to post this topic.
It is really saddening to see how Nigerians regard their medical doctors. I have been following this saga on nairaland, Facebook, other social media and print media. I came into conclusion that Nigerians have misplaced priorities. We hate doctors so much and yet we roll out our drums in celebration each time our children graduate to become one. I have some friends who swore that since they could not study medicine, they will do everything in their powers to ensure their kids study medicine.
Why the so much hatred for doctors. I once had a sister who decided to go to a nurse at home to take her delivery, after this nurse tried all she could do, she referred her to a general hospital and I must say that the doctors where so professional about it, they did not want to lose the baby or the mother, my sister was so bad I thought she would not make it but for the doctors she survived, the baby survived too. It was the doctors who took her blood samples ran a test in the ward side lab brought out the test result in less than 5 mins and said she will need blood. These same doctors took the sample to the lab about 500 meters from the ward, went back to check that the blood was ready, wheeled her to the theatre, monitored her till she was awake. All of these happened mid night and the doctor was present again very early the next morning. I was forced to ask the doctor "oga when do you rest", he smiled and said "it's part of the training". I must say the input of other health professionals was minimal. I was amazed.
I am not justifying the doctors strike, I am not in support of any strike but a better understanding of the fight in the health sector is important for all. I often see people make bad comments about nurses. Though nurses are trained to offer care, I must say doctors I have met are still more caring than nurses. The day you or any of your relative is admitted in a public hospital you may understand what I am trying to say. They shout at patients and their relatives, they may not even wait an extra minute once their shift is over. But doctors are patient, they don't gossip unlike others who stay in the ward gossiping patients and their relatives.

Here is an article that was shared on Facebook and I feel nairaland could benefit from it. It may be bias because it is coming from a medical doctor but I feel it is the honest truth.

I appeal to our doctors to go back to work, patients are dying. We need you and we appreciate your effort.



This is also to announce my membership of nairaland. I shall engage in meaningful debate and will not entertain any form of insult as that is the reason I refused to join initially.
Nairaland is a great community and I have learnt a lot as a guest. I wish I will learn more as a member

Dr angel: 400k?

bravolad: That would be absolutely unnecessary and unwarranted. You will also be giving a wrong information about the vehicle in particular. Every vehicle has an engine number. However, where your vehicle engine number is hidden, the best way to register such a vehicle is to leave the engine number nil. I once registered a Toyota Camry 2001 model without the engine number and used the car for three (3) years. I never had a problem with the police. I am also a regular traveler to the east and we know how notorious the road from Abuja to the east or vice versa is. No police officer would disturb you because you can't trace the engine number. But you will have a greater problem if it is discovered at any point that you have a wrong engine number. Getting the engine number of some vehicles will require you to bring the entire engine down.

You can also confirm from people who use Toyota Camry 2001 model, majority of them do not register their cars with the engine number. My point therefore, is that you leave the engine number as nil. Even the VIO or road safety officer that would handle the registration for you will advise you to leave it blank.

I hope this helps.

Please, do not just fill any number as your engine no.
I have been looking for this post since. I nearly cause katakata for my engine looking for engine no. Its a 2000 camry. After looking at all d places car guru advised, I saw d same vin number there!

Jehovah Shalom: Mr Man, is this what u want to sell for 900K? . This one? Laughing in French. Don't waste ur time sir. Clean Tokunbo camry (Pencil Light) is 750K, Toyota Camry (Orobo) is 550K. This one shld not be more than 400/450.

Goodluck.

Siena: ^^^ You need to be more specific. Do you mean the fan itself doesn't turn when you turn on the ignition? Because the Toyota Camry runs an electric fan. It's not supposed to start running as soon as you switch on the ignition. The engine needs to be at operating temperature, in order for the fan to be triggered via the CTS (Coolant Temperature Sensor).

Don't let your "mechanic" convince you otherwise.

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Now I'm going to install a 6-speed manual trans, and replace the ageing 2,6 V6 12V 150 hp motor with either a 2,7T or 40V S6 motor. I would choose the 340 hp S6 motor over a 310 hp A6 version due to the ease of coding the S6/S8 ECU for manual use. A6/A8 ECU is a bit harder to work with.

I have access to a 2002 A6 3,0 Quattro, and to make the integration of a 2,7T or S6 motor neater, I'm going to use the entire wiring harness of the C5 A6 in the Cabrio. It'll also make the car OBDII compliant, as well as enable the use of either the '00 B5 dash, or that of the '02 C6 dash and cluster. Nice, easy, neat and OEM. I will also be able to install my RNS-E, and add future upgrades that would be tedious with the older B4-based, non-CAN system.

My issue is integrating the Cabriolet power hood harness with the C5 A6. It won't be a big deal, without wiring diagrams of the Audi Cabriolet's power hood control, it'll just take longer to complete than it should.

Pictures to follow!

Thanks guys!