Total collapse of healthcare services in the country is imminent as the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday threatened to shut down health care system if the Federal Government fails to meet their 24-point demand by July 1.
This came on the heels of earlier 30-day ultimatum issued by members of the Joint Health Sector Unions &Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU/AHPA, to the Federal government over unresolved demands.
The doctors who expressed displeasure over what they described as “government lackadaisical attitude to its demand since the association suspended its strike on January 5″ urged the government to address the issues with more seriousness.
The NMA is opposed to the appointment of directors in hospitals and appointment of non-doctors as consultants, skipping of Grade 12 (CONMESS 2), adjustment of the doctors’ salary to maintain the relativity, implementation of the January 3, 2014 circular, immediate adjustment of the doctors’ salary to maintain the relativity, passage of the National Health Bill (NHB), and extend universal health coverage to cover 100 per cent of Nigerians.
Others are appointment of Surgeon General of the Federation, upward review of clinical duty allowance for honorary consultants and hazard allowance, immediate release of circular on rural posting, teaching and other allowances, immediate withdrawal of the CBN circular authorising the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) to approve licensces for the importation of In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs), immediate release of circular on retirement age for medical doctors as agreed with the Federal Government, among others.
Addressing journalists in Lagos, the NMA state Chairman, Dr. Francis Faduyile, said the association would embark on an indefinite strike within the next 14 days if the issues related to the appointment of Chief Medical Directors and other federal appointments in the health sector were not resolved.
His words: “Nobody wants to go on strike. It is an obvious fact that even many of our members have died during strike. We are expecting government to re-right some wrongs but instead of changing position of things, they are making things worse. Enough is enough. If the government fails after the expiration of our ultimatum, we will resume our suspended strike.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Everything about you doctors is selfish.It is all about you, you and you alone.Can you work alone in hospitals without the other health practitioners? Why are you so self centered.Can't you allow others be?Can't you pursue your own things without calling other professioners in the hospital?How do u think u can be fair to other health workers as the COMMAND when u have ur profession to protect? Honestly it is better to bring in an unbiased empire who is a seasoned administrator who will act as the chief managing director of hospitals to look into the management mess in our hospitals and clear it up. This cheating and high handedness is too much.
ReplyDeleteThis NMA shld listen to themselves. We hv d worst health care in d world n dey r busy clamouring for money and fighting for hegemony with other health workers. Their grandiosity is affecting their sense of reasoning, dey r d only medical grad in d hospital. If I were GEJ I d start contemplating using Indian drs. Ours r over incompetent anyway, let dem go on strike; I see no dffce.
ReplyDeleteUna dey craze, in competent butchers
ReplyDeleteImagine these guyz! So they mean that I can not be a consultant in my own professiona? Only them have the right to be a consultant....they must be mad.
ReplyDeletePls. Consider d plight of those that are sick now in d hospitals
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