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Nigeria is now left with 24,000 doctors – NMA

Hafeestonova — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:32:48 +0000

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said that only 24, 000 actively licensed physicians are remaining in the country following a recent brain drain.

NMA President, Ojinmah Uche who disclosed this during a policy dialogue on Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications for sustainable child and family health service delivery, said the 24,000 actively licensed physicians are taking care of Nigeria’s over 200 million population.

Speaking at the event organised by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in collaboration with the Partnership for Advancing Child and Family Health at Scale project of the development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), Ojinmah noted that based on the World Health Organisation established minimum threshold, a country needs a mix of 23 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 population to deliver essential maternal and child health services.

He added; “Only one doctor is incredibly available to treat 30,000 patients in some states in the South; while states in the North are as worse as one doctor to 45,000 patients. In some rural areas, patients have to travel more than 30 kilometers from their abodes to get medical attention where available thus Nigeria making access to healthcare a rarity.”

Ojinmah further blamed the brain drain on poor funding of the health sector, stressful medical education, non-existent house job slots, difficulty in gaining employment, poor remuneration, unnecessary and unhealthy inter-professional rivalry, insecurity, among others.

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COVID-19: NMA urges Nigerians to stop unnecessary visits to hospitals

Alice Babalola — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:34:58 +0000

As the country’s COVID-19 infections continue to increase, the Kwara State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association has said that in order to curb the spread of the pandemic, Nigerians must stop paying unnecessary visits or consultations to hospitals.

It said 35 doctors had so far been tested positive for COVID-19 since the virus manifested in the state.

The NMA Chairman, Dr Kolade Solagberu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Ilorin on events heralding the association’s 2020 Annual General Meeting

Solagberu, however, noted that the association had not recorded any casualty among its members.

He cautioned residents to disregard the beliefs that COVID-19 was not real and was only a money-making avenue for the government.

”Residents should help the doctors to help them by not paying unnecessary visits or consultations to hospitals.

”For now, people should avoid visiting the hospital except for life-threatening issues.

”We advise people to engage in e-health service instead of physical consultation to avoid contact as much as possible.

”People should stop unnecessary visits to patients in the hospital. Those who follow a patient waiting to be attended to, are not encouraged for now.

”You should just help us to help you because the less the number of patients we attend to, the less the chances of spreading the virus.

”This is because every patient is a potential COVID-19 case,” he said.

The NMA chairman commended the Federal and State governments for the continued closure of schools, adding that safety should be paramount until the coast is clear.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as of 7 p.m on Sunday, Kwara has 401 confirmed cases – 208 active, 179 discharged, and 14 deaths.

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Coronavirus: Faduyile donates ventilator to fight Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hafeestonova — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:08:57 +0000

The National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Francis Adedayo Faduyile, has donated a Siemen made ventilator to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to aid its fight against the spread of Coronavirus in the country.

The NMA President, who hails from Ikoya, in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, resides and works in Lagos State as a Consultant Pathologist and Associate Professor, also donated generously to the NCDC.

Faduyile, who was a former Registrar at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, once contested for the seat of the Federal House of Representative in Ondo State under the All Progressives Congress, APC, and there is an inside report that he has his eyes on the seat of the number one citizen of Ondo State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed October 10, 2020, for the Ondo State governorship election.

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