However, Nigerian patients encounter considerable legal and practical hurdles when doctors fail to provide adequate risk warnings.
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Recall that one of the members, Dr. Ibrahim Momoh was on January 2 kidnapped alongside his brother Abu in Etsako West local government area and the remains of his brother were found the next day.
At its 3rd Quarter Ordinary General Meeting, on Thursday night in Abuja, the association advised urgent intervention in areas like manpower shortages, non-functional equipment, poor working conditions, and unpaid staff allowances.
The NMA had issued a 21-day ultimatum on June 2 to the Federal Government to withdraw the circular and meet its other demands to avert industrial action in the health sector.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday in Lagos, the Chairman of the Lagos NMA, Dr. Babajide Saheed, said the proposal undermines clinical responsibility and weakens the structure of professional accountability within the hospitals.
According to him: “Some of them are now practising in the United States of America and the United Kingdom, all thanks to the opportunity Kalu gave us.”
After carefully examining the woman’s face, the medical team decided to use autologous fat grafting to mitigate the effects of her condition.
The resident doctors had on Monday staged a protest against the management of the state-owned teaching hospital, accusing it of ignoring their demands.
Dr Ashiru Mikail, the association’s Vice President, made this known during a news conference on Monday in Zaria.
Eagle Online learnt that the state chapter of the NANNM, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, had ordered its members
The Association’s President in FCT, Dr Rahman Olayinka, made the call while briefing journalists in Abuja, on Monday.
The doctors made the call on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
This is contained in a communiqué issued on Friday in Enugu at the end of an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) of the association.
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has approved full implementation of the 2014 Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS) for resident doctors working in the state ministry of health.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has given approval for the automatic replacement of medical doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who exit the state health facilities in search of greener pastures abroad.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has not released Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a competent source told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has said that the names of Medical Doctors who have left Nigeria in search of greener pastures are still on the payrolls of hospitals across the country.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has embarked on indefinite industrial action.
This is as the country ramps up vaccination of health-care professionals in its bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indonesian Medical Association said on Thursday.