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.