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#KetamineIsMedicine

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Goodevening guys, Recently you may have come across this hashtag #KetamineIsMedicine majorly among physician anaesthetists or nurse anaesthetist. This is a campaign by the World Federation of Societies of anaesthesiologist (WFSA) against the threat of international restrictions on ketamine.This is aimed to draw awareness to the fact that China is pushing for this wonder drug to be 'scheduled' by UN commission on Narcotic Drugs(CND), which will make this drug not readily available to poor resource countries which do not have the privilege of other good anaesthetic drugs of choice especially in emergency situations. China is leading in this internatioanl restrictions because it has a '#KetamineProblem'. it has become a leading recreational drug among its young people eclipsing heroin. Recreational ketamine is said to be produced at industrial scale in china. So are we going to restrict this drug just because china has a social problem with it, to the detriment of billi

RE: PHYSICIAN,HEAL THYSELF

  This is the titular theme of the recent joint communique released by Joint Health Sector Unions(JOHESU) and Assembly Of Healthcare professionals( AHPA). The paradox of the whole scenario is that Nigerian medical doctors are too busy with their patients and further researches to notice these their belligerent neighbours in the health sector. What do we hear on daily basis? NMA said this and doctors did that. Surprisingly ,my distinguished medical  elders have not joined and are not ready to join  issues with these their bellicose neighbours in the health sector. Is that not enough to tell this amorphous group that NMA is a noble association hence is not ready to reply people who behave and attack NMA  like motor park touts? This  reminds me the day we were about boarding a flight ,my friend mistakenly stepped on a girl .The girl in question started using abusive words on my friend without first politely  drawing my friend's attention to what happened  . I was surp