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Nigerian doctors down tools again

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The fact is we are plainly insensitive as a country or we are simply wicked to our fellow humans...why would a government elected by people simply ignore them till things degenerate. Our healtcare sector is in a mess no doubt but the levels of resistance to efforts to sanitize it by people in the FMOH is mind boggling...one begins to wonder how they ended up being at the helm in the first place.The National Association of Resident Doctors #NARD have cried themselves hoarse,they have appealed,they have pleaded,they have cajoled,they have protested,and have even wore black ward coats to no avail..all has fallen on deaf ears..now they have embarked on a 7day warning strike. as at writing this report over 40 federal and state tertiary health institutions are in avoidable coma. in the coming days mortality and morbidity will increase but our government officials and family members will simply move abroad to treat migraines. they will simply follow the foot steps of their master .if only th

A requiem for Nigeria healthcare.

Dear friends...may i welcome you to this new year..it is my prayer that we shall do more celebrating than complaining. May this year be the year that we start getting things right in this country...may it be a year the FMOH takes the health of nigerians first...not a year of many conferences with little outcome but a year that doctors actually do their work and not go on strikes. a year the fmoh keeps to agreements reached.a year the cmds do right by their staff and dont embezzle hosp funds...may this be a year that the people of nigeria listen to the cry of the doctors and not wash it down as their usual call for pay rise...in as much as a worker deserves his wages, the health system is collapsed and the requiem is about to be conducted.....let me leave today with this piece from Dr Daniel Gbujie. in the coming days we will talk more on the process that led to this requiem. .Going by the current value rate of a Dollar to Naira. Rate it is available today 5th/1/2017 is btw N485 a