Brain Drain: Nigerian govt, Lagos to establish new medical university
Mr Sanwo-Olu noted that the initiative is aimed at significantly increasing the production of healthcare workers throughout the year.
Mr Sanwo-Olu noted that the initiative is aimed at significantly increasing the production of healthcare workers throughout the year.
The association also expressed great worry over various attacks and kidnapping of health workers from their workplaces.
The statement called on the management of ESUTH and the Enugu State Government to declare a state of emergency on ...
“The ratio (of doctors) is similar to that of nurses and other health workers in the state. This is one ...
The government has, however, pledged to pay the hazard allowance, even as it urged the healthcare providers to be humane ...
That serial killers are also among medical doctors and nurses – who are usually some the most respected members of ...
The members of NARD embarked on an industrial action on 26 July following the failure of the Nigerian government to ...
The NARD President, Emeka Orji, while confirming the development said the situation will further be reviewed in two weeks.
The resident doctors embarked on an indefinite industrial action on 26 July following the failure of the Nigerian government to ...
This is despite a directive by the federal government to the management of federal tertiary hospitals to commence the enforcement ...
“The association as an affiliate member of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) held a virtual emergency congress on ...
Health experts identified the factors that cause the brain drain in the country’s health sector.
NARD President, Mr Orji, said NEC rejects the increase and calls for the fulfillment of the agreement earlier signed by ...
Mr Abbas met with the doctors on Monday and appealed to them not to embark on strike as their demands ...
The President of NARD, Emeka Orji, disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday night.
This was not the first time the association would embark on a strike on account of the abduction of its ...
According to him, available data show that maternal and newborn mortality rates in Nigeria are among the highest globally.
About 10,296 Nigerian doctors are practising in the UK alone, according to the Nigerian Medical Association.
Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer says two doctors have been selected to visit the detained IPOB leader.
The union arrived at the decision after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government on Friday.
The NARD said its National Executive Council (NEC) will decide on the timelines set in the content of the MoU.
“There is nothing like warning strike. A strike is a strike. If they want to take that risk, the options ...
“The warning strike will commence at 8 a.m on Wednesday 17 May and end 8 a.m Monday, 22 May”
The association said some arrears for 2014, 2015, and 2016 have remained unpaid despite several negotiations with the government.
The state is facing a shortage of doctors five years after the government scrapped a programme that sponsored medical students ...
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