COMMUNIQUE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENT DOCTORS OF NIGERIA (NARD) AFTER AN EXTRA-ORDINARY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

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Please do not ask me, if there was any positive outcome of the strike. This is the story so far:

PREAMBLE

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria {NARD} held an extra-ordinary National Executive council (NEC) meeting on Thursday 24th October 2013 at the Conference hall of the Parkview Hotel Umited, Wuse Zone 1 Abuja, to reappraise the just suspended 3 weeks strike action embarked on by the association on 1st day of October 2013.

The NEC resolved as follows:

Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020

WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020

WHO and Health Care without Harm have joined forces to launch a new initiative to get mercury removed from all medical measuring devices by 2020. The initiative Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020, launched today to mark the signing of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure devices containing mercury. This will be done by ending the manufacture, import and export of these devices and by supporting the deployment of accurate, affordable, and safer non-mercury alternatives. Mercury and its various compounds are of global public health concern and have a range of serious health impacts including brain and neurological damage especially among the young. Others include kidney damage and damage to the digestive system.

Health insurance for Lagosians

Dr Akintade (middle) with executive members of the association. From left: Auditor, Joshua Ajewole; member, Olawale Oladibu, Vice Chairman, Mrs Abiola Ozieh; Chairman, Publicity Secretary, Akujuobi Igwe and Rev. Sis Rita Ogidan at the briefing.

Lagos residents are to enjoy a health insurance scheme, Community Based Social Health Insurance Programme (CHIBSP).

According to the Chairman, Healthcare Providers’ Association of Nigeria (HCPAN), Lagos branch, Dr Shehu T. Akintade, at a briefing on its forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM), the government has concluded plans to initiate CBSHIP in the state.

He said: “Even though it is starting as a pilot programme at designated local government areas, if Lagos gets this programme running well, other states will buy into it and plan the health of their citizens, with consequent improvement of health indices of Nigeria as a whole.”

Dr. Deji a.k.a NFA....Fulfils childhood dream as Sport Doctor

Dr Deji Olarinoye aka NFA.

We your colleagues and alma mata of University of Ilorin are proud of you boy. Keep living the dream.

Dreams, indeed, diehard for Deji Olarinoye, following his transition from a ball boy to the Golden Eaglets’ physician at the 2013 UAE FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

It all looks like yesterday when a blue-eyed boy served as a ball boy during a crucial 1994 World Cup qualifier against Algeria at the National Stadium in Lagos. That experience was a turning point for the younger Olarinoye who vowed not to do anything in life other than a career in sport, writes MORAKINYO ABODUNRIN.

UCH Ibadan performs its first open heart surgery

   

The first open heart surgery in a teaching hospital in Nigeria has been successfully carried out at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State. 

The feat was carried out by surgeons at the UCH in conjunction with a team of surgeons from Tri-State Cardiovascular Delaware, USA. (The surgical team that performed the feat pictured above) 

A statement by the institution’s Head of Information Unit, Mr. Toye Akinrinola, disclosed that the four-hour surgery was to correct a leaking heart valve in a 19-year-old secondary school leaver.

‘Solar Suitcase’ Saves Mothers & Babies Lives by Providing a Vital Light Source During Childbirth

Dr. Laura Stachel is one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013. You can vote for her, or any of the other top 10 Heroes, to be CNN Hero of the Year. That person will receive $250,000 to continue their extraordinary work.

Dr. Laura Stachel, an obstetrician from California, began working in Northern Nigeria in 2008 to study ways to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. She found that hospitals were lacking in the most basic necessities, including a steady and reliable source of light. Nighttime deliveries were either attended by flashlight or critical care would have to be postponed until daylight hours. Collaborating with her husband, a solar energy educator in Berkeley, the couple created an off-grid solar electric system to provide a free source of power to the state hospital in northern Nigeria where Stachel had conducted her research. Stachel and her husband Aronson started a nonprofit, We Care Solar.

Funny Medical Video

Creative medical students.......lol.

Health Comic on Obama Care

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Alcohol Increases Risk of Breast Cancer in Young Women

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Parents should discuss yet another important issue with their daughters about how much they drink. This could increase their risk of breast cancer. 

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that every drink—whether beer, wine, or liquor—a young woman consumes daily before her first pregnancy puts her at a nearly 15 percent greater risk of developing proliferative benign breast disease, a noncancerous breast condition linked to breast cancer.

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Course Holding in Lagos

This Course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.

Requirements: Learners should receive the prescribed manual prior to the course in order to prepare and benefit maximally from the course. 

Manuals are to be collected from training venue on presentation and submission of bank payment teller. 

After payments, Please “SMS” your full names as you would want it to appear on the license and the state of the BLS class you would be attending to 08131183065

Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

Congratulations to the successful candidates on the pass list of the just concluded exam for international trained doctors and dentists.

Below is the list of successful candidates.
http://www.mdcnigeria.org/Downloads/Pass%20list%20of%20Assessment%20Examination%20October%202013.pdf.

A total of 348 passed out of about 490 candidates.

Tribute to Medical Doctor killed by Boko Haram

DR BOBOLA KOLAWOLE

              

 You have made the ultimate sacrifice.

You were brutally murdered serving Nigeria.

 I have many whys

Why this tragedy?

Why did you join the Nigeria Police Force after the very many  years you labored to become a doctor?

Why did they post you to Maiduguri?

Why did the Boko Haram terrorists not spare  you?

Why do we live in a nation that the sanctity of life is losing  meaning?

Silence.  Painful silence

I remember your determination.

You refused to be denied. A  physician you wanted to be. A  physician you became.

I remember your smiles

You lit up conversations. You were a blessing to  many

I remember your humility

Big in frame but gentle in interaction

Thank you for your service

No where was too far. No time was too awkward. You were our able  OTIC pilot.

Patiently and joyfully, you taught me to drive. You were there to  encourage and share with me the joy of “hanging” a car.

Big Bobby

I will miss you

We will meet at the Master’s feet

Death where is thy sting

Grave where is thy victory

He lives

by Dr. Gbenga Adebayo

ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES

For Foreign Trained Medical Doctors

All foreign trained doctors irrespective of the Medical/Dental institution are expected to participate in the on going examination which commenced on 2nd October 2013, in order to be licensed to practice in Nigeria. This is in line with the notice issued by MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (MDCAN), stating that:
 1. Any candidate who does not pass the assessment examination after 3 sittings must undergo a one year training in Medical school before re-attempting the examination for the last time.
2. With effect from October 2012, the Assessment examination would be compulsory for all foreign trained doctors irrespective of the Medical/Dental institution the doctor was trained.

We wish you all the best. 

Important notice to all successful candidates in the assessment examination:

All provisional registration licence information must be completed on or before 12th October 2013, to be eligible to participate in the induction ceremony which holds at Abuja on 22nd October 2013.

ARD Strike: Nigerian ‘Doctors’ And Her Craze For Self Importance

ON THE ARD STRIKE ACTION BY FEJIRO OLIVER

An African proverb rightly says that the cane with which we use in beating the child is waiting for the next child. I saw it coming that our MBBS graduate will succumb to the cheap publicity of going on strike, so as to buy the sympathy of Nigerians, just the way the other medical workers got all Nigerians supporting their strike. I saw it coming that they will turn to the cane (Journalism) to publicize their fight against the Federal Government.

Nigerian Medical Association Condemns The Employment Of Egyptian Doctors In Kano

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The Nigerian medical association, kano state chapter received with shock the news that the kano state government has employed over a hundred doctors and nurses from Egypt to work in hospitals throughout the state and we hereby make the following declarations:

Resident Doctors Commences Nationwide Strike

Association of Resident Doctors are on Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has directed its members nationwide to proceed on an indefinite strike.

NARD president, Dr Jibril Abdullahi, gave the directive when he addressed newsmen in Kano and expressed regrets over the untold hardship the decision might cause Nigerians.

HAPPY 53RD INDEPENDENCE NIGERIA

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE TO ALL NIGERIANS, HOME AND ABROAD.