Tag: Medical Doctors
Don’t go on strike, we’re addressing your grievances, Lagos govt tells doctors
The Medical Guild which is the association of doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government on July 26…
16,000 Nigerian doctors flee country as health sector faces collapse – Minister raises alarm
The minister noted that training a single doctor in Nigeria costs over $21,000, a figure that reflects the staggering amount…
Lagos govt docks 2 doctors over death of patient
The State Counsel, Mr Olalekan Azeez told the court that the two doctors unlawfully caused the death of Ugorobi by…
Yahaya Bello grants 10O% hazard allowance to medical doctors, others in Kogi
Responding, Bello pledged his commitment to advancing healthcare by using the state’s resources and policies to train medical professionals within…
Severe overwork: 15 doctors working in Lagos govt hospitals die within 6 months
The intensity of the attendant sense of loss was probably brought to its peak with the tragic event of collapsed…
Police arraign 2 medical doctors for allegedly endangering life of a patient
The police om Tuesday arraigned two medical doctors, a husband and wife,in an Igbosere High Court, Lagos for allegedly endangering…
Delta govt committed to train medical doctors
The Delta Government on Friday renewed its commitment to the training and retraining of medical doctors in the state.
Kebbi Govt. absorbs 40 new medical doctors
The Kebbi Government has absorbed 40 new medical doctors from the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sudan and Indian universities into…
Afe Babalola varsity produces 43 medical doctors in 6yrs
No fewer than eight out of the 43 medical students of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), scored distinction, while…
University of Jos inducts 155 medical doctors
The University of Jos on Thursday inducted 155 new medical doctors that had obtained degrees in medicine and surgery from…
Ogun doctors threaten strike by August, if..
Medical doctors in the employment of the Ogun Government on Tuesday vowed to embark on an indefinite industrial action by…
Ogun doctors protest shortage of personnel in govt facilities
Medical doctors in the Ogun State public service on Wednesday protested what they described as “gross shortage of medical personnel’’…
Plateau doctors get new condition of service
The Plateau Government has approved a new condition of service for medical doctors in the state in order to attract…
Respond To Doctors’ Demands
On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations…
Skeletal Services In Hospitals As Strike Enters Day 2
The three-day warning strike by medical and health workers in the country is taking its toll on patients in Lagos…
Doctors in Edo state on strike over pay dispute
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Doctors in Edo state have heeded the call of their association to begin an indefinite strike. The strike…
Kidnappers Of Doctor Demand N100m Ransom
The kidnappers of a medical doctor in Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, Dr Frank ThankGod Chukwudi, have demanded N100 million as…
Sacked Doctors: Rights Groups Warn NUPENG Against Strike
A coalition of human rights group has warned the National Union of Petroleum Energy and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG against…
Lagos Govt Condemns NUPENG’s Subterfuge Solidarity Strike
Lagos State Government on Saturday condemned the recourse to blackmail and arm twisting by the Nigeria Medical Association and National…
Fashola: Doctors Asking For The Impossible
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says the striking doctors in public hospitals in the state are asking the state…
Party Urges LASG, Doctors To End Disagreement
The African Renaissance Party (ARP), Lagos State chapter, on Thursday pleaded with the Lagos State Government and striking medical doctors…
Doctors, Others Plan March Against Abortion Law
Medical doctors and some other indigenes of Imo State are planning a million-man march for the abrogation of a law…
Doctors’ Strike Paralyses Hospitals In Delta State
Medical doctors in Delta State public hospitals have embarked on strike with effect from Tuesday night. The medical doctors were…
Mamora Seeks Doctors’ Participation In Politics
A medical doctor and politician, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, on Thursday advised medical doctors to participate actively in Nigeria’s political system…
Lagos Doctors May Call Off Strike
If the Lagos State Government will be able to document the agreement it reached with striking doctors in its employment…
Governor Amaechi’s Wife Begs Doctors To Call Off Strike In Rivers
Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Mrs. Judith Amaechi, has appealed to striking medical doctors in Rivers State to call…
HIV/AIDS CURE: Nigerian Doctors Verify Claim
AÂ Group of medical doctors has moved into Kaduna to confirm the veracity of the HIV/AIDS cure claim by a…
Patients Leave Rivers Hospital In Droves
Medical services in all the hospitals in Port Harcourt, the oil rich Rivers State capital, have been paralysed due to…
Lagos Govt Faults Striking Doctors
Lagos State Government has decried the latest strike by a faction of the medical doctors working in the public health…
Lagos Employs 155 New Medical Personnel
In a bid to undermine and weaken the resolve of the striking medical doctors in public hospitals in Lagos State, South…