Browsing Tag

doctors

146 resident doctors assaulted in two years- Report reveals


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
A recent report by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has revealed that a total of 146 cases of assaults on doctors were reported from January 1, 2022, to January 31, 2024, across 62 health centres. READ ALSO:Brain drain: FG…

Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Kenyan doctors stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals on Thursday, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week. Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals since last Thursday over poor pay…

Ogun doctors depressed, exhausted- NMA reveals


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Nigerian Medical Association, Ogun State branch, has raised the alarm over the mental and physical health of doctors working across the state, lamenting that many of them are depressed, exhausted, and overworked due to acute manpower…

ARD issues 14-day ultimatum to Enugu Govt to employ more doctors


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Enugu State Government to employ more doctors and ensure security. READ…

Morocco earthquake: volunteer doctors mobilized in devastated regions


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
In Ineghede, southwest Morocco, eleven volunteer doctors have been tirelessly working for days in the mountainous area that is difficult to access. The Moroccan Health and Social security ministry has mobilized over 2,000 general and…

Strike: Nasarawa state appeals to doctors to save lives


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Nasarawa State Government has appealed to members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in the state to reconsider their stance on the ongoing strike to save the lives of patients in various hospitals across the state. Recall that…

Brain Drain: Expert calls for proper care of doctors


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
A medical expert, Dr Gabriel Maduabuchi, has called for proper care of medical doctors to curb the continued brain drain in the nation’s health care sector. He made this known to newsmen on Sunday during the inauguration of ‘True1Home…

Jigawa State Governor directs recruitment of 32 medical doctors


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has directed the immediate recruitment of 32 medical doctors to boost the state’s health sector. According to newsmen,  the recruits are among the 60 students sponsored by the state government in 2016 to study…

Brain Drain: NMA tasks FG to provide medical facilities


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has tasked the Federal Government to provide doctors with the medical equipment and facilities needed to work saying the brain drain plague is hitting the nation’s health sector hard.  The NMA…

Federal government working towards improving doctor’s condition of service


Deprecated: preg_split(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($limit) of type int is deprecated in /home/vongov/public_html/wp-content/themes/publisher/includes/libs/bs-theme-core/theme-helpers/template-helpers.php on line 767
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Federal Government is working towards improving the condition of service of Nigerian doctors to check migration of the medical personnel. The minister disclosed this when he featured on the…