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Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by adekayo1234(m): 8:41pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
emerich: Striking in d health sector when lives r at stake. Thank God even d so called Dr's r not spared, dats how a doc lost his wife in labour due to strike in my facility, to tell u d truth even d docs themselves r tired of the strike n don't actually want it. Some know d truth n r owning up while some fools r just simply displaying their ignorance n stupidity for the whole world to see at d detriment of some innocent citizens who have the right to better health services n delivery. R nurses and lab scientist oversees not being better paid than Dr's? So y r they not going on strike?Your facility? well, I know your type. Suspicion drove me to check when you registered on NL and I wasn't surprised at all......Go get a life bro 3 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by GoldStandard: 8:42pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
This thread reeks of ignorance! Is it the work of the pharmacist or nurse or lab scientist that a Dr can not do? The Dr's are on strike, you all should go & get treated by the Consultant Nurses & Lab Scientists na! This same over-hyped Nigerian Dr's are being employed instantly in US, UK........anyway 'a prophet is not known in his hometown' 2 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by armadeo(m): 8:44pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
emerich: Let me understand you. The cadre of current officers who are captains and above now went through a four year program. Is that what you are saying. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Eldavido1: 8:44pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Djtm: They are just pissing me off!!! Wtf? Our government is a very useless one for this sort of crap to be going on! What's their own concern about how much other specialists are paid? As long as you're paid what you're worth, you shouldn't care about what others earn. If a programmer has worked for a certain number of years, has so much experience under his belt, he has the right to become a consultant programmer. IMO, doctors are overhyped in Nigeria. Well, our leaders do not give a sh1t, so people can continue to die as long as they can afford to go abroad once they have a slight headache. what load of crap!!! Do you know dat Nigerian government pay far less than d recommended world health organisation (WHO) minimum wage for doctors? when our poor neighbours such as Ghana pay far above it. But d average Nigerian doctor has far more patient load than his counter part in other part of the world. But wat do we know.... 2 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 8:46pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
I read 'I'm mighty angry'..what was that? |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 8:47pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Onlinebizexpert: Do I blame her no......... This is pure emotional blackmail. Too bad that it is coming from one whom lives are entrusted to. What do you make of soldiers whose duty is to protect the very lives [which you have betrayed now] with their own lives? How many of them have died in the quest? And their bodies are still counting. Yet they are never spoken of, maybe because they never spent 6, or so, years in the university. Or perhaps, they do not pride in the glory of this great responsibility that has been laid on them, as you do now. Understand this: the greatest people on earth are never heard of. Lest you boast in vain glorification of a privilege given to you. Are medical doctors gods? No, they simply are tools in the hand of the Creator. Let them go back to work, knowing fully well that their calling is a service to humanity, which can never be fully requited here on earth. But wait: even a medical doctor earns more than a soldier! 2 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by phantom(m): 8:47pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
.... please all doctors on this thread shouldnt bother themselves explaining whats going on in the health system. which public do you expect sympathy and understanding from a public that is largely illiterate??(as exemplified by many people here who dont even know and understand what a 'satire' is) a people that cant hold their leaders accountable. a public who are ready to stone a little boy to death for stealing 100 naira and then turn around and prostrate before,and worship a mega-thief(a thieving politician,drug kngpin etc) who drives by in his rolls royce. which public do you want to stand up for you?? the nigerian public People who dont mind spending $600 on a new i-phone than cough out 2,000 naira for a medical consultation. in sane societies,it is the public that stands up for the doctor.it is the public that would tackle JOHESU but in nigeria its the exact opposite. the nigerian doctor is unlucky to be burdened with a public that are not just largely illiterate,but also poor. a public who dont know their left from their right. unfortunately our people think it is the doctors responsibility to guarantee free and standard healthcare.when it comes to the health sector all fingers point to the doctor.no one else. they dont know that quality healthcare is EXPENSIVE and someone HAS TO pay for it.in civilsed societies,the government pays for it and their people do not take it for granted. whether nigerians want to believe it or not,the health sector in nigeria like every other sector has crashed because of corruption BUT nigerians have not really felt it. why because the smooth running of things in our hospital is largely due to the SKILLS AND COMPETENCE of the nigerian doctor.how many of you know that many hospitals do not have something as basic as an ultrasound machine. we see things go down everyday in our hospitals BUT the doctor still tries to give his patient the best. doctors are ordinary like the rest of you,but you expect extraordinary things from him.infact left to many nigerians,doctors are like priests.we shouldnt be paid. we should just do our jobs with a smile on our faces BECAUSE our rewards are in heaven. when we complain,you blackmail us with the hippocratic oath you all KNOW NOTHING about. pray tell,why shouldnt we strike? are you saying we should keep negotiating and signing agreements with a government that has not implemented the MOU it signed a year ago? its not fair!! nigerians should sit back for a moment,leave emotions and sentiments aside and think for once. 12 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by reechest: 8:49pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
7sperovs: well I don't HV much to tell u. Where I was trained as a medical student, we where told to believe what the lab. technician said with a pinch of salt,..The lab technician does an ultrasound scan and writes "presence of left adnexal mass"..which is not a diagnosis,the doctor is the one who says if it is ovarian cyst or ectopic pregnancy. the lab scientist does an ultrasound scan and says that it is twin,the doctor does a CS and finds triplets. The nurses does d Apgar score of a patient and she drops the value purposely because he or she doesn't want this patient in her ward. she wants him to be moved to intensive care unit. Its so bad that he doctor has to repeat his procedures to be sure of what he is doing. naw these people want to be consultants yet will refer their loved ones who are sick to d doctor-consultant. I fear for the future of ou r health sector. For JOHESU's advocates..Less jealousy will help u live longer., 3 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 8:55pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Stop beefing! Ewu Lagos wellmax: Ours is a nations where people study medicine not with the intent of saving lives but for show off. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by phantom(m): 8:55pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Obi411:the bolded is the problem with nigerians. 'our rewards are in heaven', meanwhile i buy fuel at the same price as this poster.i buy things from the same market as this poster.my daughter pays the same school fees as this poster's daughter's. when it comes to treatment we are angels,when its time for you to pay,we metamorphose into demons. i wish this poster can get to the US or UK and try to access healthcare without medical insurance. 6 Likes |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by aspabay(m): 9:05pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Peppyluv: Stop beefing! Ewu LagosŦħē same show off of shamelessness ŧħē poster was talking about. SMH for all of them. 1 Like |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 9:06pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
General Hospital onitsha is an eye sore! Most people in Anambra go to private and catholic hospitals like borromeo. Even the poorest man is ready to pay the high price. Marvyx: What about those greedy so called lawmakers that collect millions,are never satisfied and do next to nothing on those seats? |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by daygeee(m): 9:11pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
7sperovs: I think you are the fool to think the lab technician knows what test to perform on you when you have a complaint. It is obvious you dont know how diagnosis are made. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by alakid: 9:13pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
emerich: Officer, sir, please answer this question honestly. How would you feel if civil defence and fire fighters want to be ranked the same as you and become chief of defence staff, cuz they work in the security sector? Could they be right? |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by balladin: 9:14pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Onlinebizexpert: Do I blame her no.........Nobody forced you to read medicine so get off your high horse and earn your pay. I personally think doctors are stealing a living in Nigeria. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by timowale: 9:25pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
philtrum: One more sane person .........nurses, pharmacist, pharmacologist, microbiologist and others wants to be named consultants and Chief medical Director......oh you think Doctors are not business oriented too...6yrs in Med sxh + (up to 10 years to specialize for some Doctors) you think they were dancing galala and alanta in ward or popping champagne in the theatre, Or you think its yinka ayefele they sing during ward rounds. No public holiday as student and as a Doc......(Lemme stop before I vex) n what is this one saying? |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Hearme(m): 9:26pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Onlinebizexpert: Do I blame her no......... 90% of doctors are arrogant. You know only the surface of Biochemistry and physiology. I challenge you to a debate on this. If a PhD holder starts at level 10 equivalent in the university, no honors degree should be granted a level 12 equivalent. Anyway I don't so much blame the doctors, I blame the lawmakers who have spent 15 good years in this dispensation of democracy doing nothing, yet collecting all. If our labour laws and salaries and wages commission do function well there will be less crisis in the system. Only that none of them are seeing, yet they have committees overseeing everything in this country. Its a shame that the ASUP strike is still on and the ASUU issues are still been toyed with. Labour issues might never end unless the political appointees begins to think straight. I'm still baffled that a 8 years serving governor who solicited for your vote to lead is entitled to a live pension while workers who worked for 35years are told to do contributory pension scheme. Why can't the president and governors do contributory pension from their official salary? Why should they enjoy free medical health after stealing much from us? Its really a pain that there is no fairness or even a slight equity in our nation. This challenges will continue unless a thinking government sees to it. I'm not sure confab is dealing with labour issues appropriately at all. PLEASE VOTE WISELY IN 2015. 1 Like |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 9:30pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
armadeo:Lol |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by NaMe4: 9:32pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
pembisco: armadeo: Abeg help me ask o!!!! |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 9:32pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
phantom: the bolded is the problem with nigerians. 'our rewards are in heaven', meanwhile i buy fuel at the same price as this poster.i buy things from the same market as this poster.my daughter pays the same school fees as this poster's daughter's. Sire, I wanted to study medicine in the university. So I appreciate the profession. I know it ain't easy to practice medicine. Now I have graduated, and may still go back. Not because I want to answer a 'Medical Doctor', but because I want to GIVE to the society on a daily basis. But many people do the same, which I still wish to do, everyday. I mean, EVERYDAY! This is an issue of misplaced priorities; pride and avarice is the issue, going by their demands, as written in the article. Will you dial 911 in Nigeria and get an immediate response? Will you not shuffle yourself in a queue of about a thousand patients (I'm exaggerating now) to be attended to only by one consultant? These inconveniences are what is being settled by the high medical bills abroad. We know that the system is bad, corruption here and there, yes we know. But is the NMA strike more important than the ASUU strike of last year? The answer is NO. Is it more important than the security challenge that the country is currently facing? The answer still remains NO. Now that we have blast victims, casualties from the incessant turbulent winds of insurgencies in the nation, why go on such strike? The action is purely not love-like. Where is the love? I think that is not ringing in the hearts of our many doctors. Gracias. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Hearme(m): 9:37pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Onlinebizexpert: The formation of JOHESU is the best thing that has ever happened in the health sector to jointly check the excesses of doctors. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by drnoel: 9:38pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
look at these foolish people giving themselves headache over issue that dont bother the people concerned |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by philtrum(m): 9:45pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
timowale: What you sh*t head should have known...... |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Hearme(m): 9:58pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Mbediogu: the issue is not whether doctors are becoming gods like journalists who have been known to start and end wars thro the ages with what they write, it goes beyond that. Our calling is that of service, not speculation and unfortunately it is always a matter of life and death rather than of war and peace. How has it worked outside Nigeria? Both in developed and developing countries. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by NaMe4: 10:00pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Eldavido1: |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by philtrum(m): 10:00pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Djtm: IMO, doctors are overhyped in Nigeria. Why are you so pained? Doctors are overhyped? Lawmakers nko those once are not overhyped at all..... Infact they are underpaid. All you do is rant. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by philtrum(m): 10:03pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
balladin: Sharap!! And gerrout 1 Like |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by omotfavy(f): 10:03pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
YourHealthlabs:.this is d most stupid article I have ever read. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by sparkleboy(m): 10:05pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Doctors.....Small gods? Hmmmm! |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Nobody: 10:06pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
adekayo1234: I thought the same court ordered FG to stop implementation of those agreements earlier reached between Johesu and FG. Actually the implementation of FG-JOHESU agreement was 'put on hold' temporarily and NMA was ask to suspend strike action and maintain status quo while negotiations were initiated. Our 'demi gods' in NMA flouted the order. Therefore you have no moral right to refer to a judgement you chose to disobey. NMA is a lawless bunch. If we had good and enough medical litigation lawyers in Nigeria, many physicians will be in jail. They have never obeyed ANY COURT ORDER. Nigerians 'small gods' say are greater than you and constitution. |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by Hearme(m): 10:08pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Joenz: Why are you bringing another dimension to the discuss?If so,why hasn't NMA gotten a circularisation of an agreement to implement its 24 demands even if its for not implementation but merely to douse tension?You all keep misleading the public like non-drs have not always been appointed consultants before prof Onyebuchi Chukwu stopped it muttering words like consultancy is exclusively preserved for the drs.I believe you aware of NMA dropping 21 of its previous spurious demands,pursuing just three nw.We stay calm and await how the imbroglio ends. My first encounter with the minister was bad. It was a lecture on the Golden Jubilee of MEDILAG. The man said medical postgraduate fellowship was higher than the PhD degree. To me that was pretty foolish of him to say so, with professionals of different fields in the university seated for the lecture. Its a shame that a man of this state of mind heads the ministry of health. He will definitely attempt to kill other professions in the health sector. I'm happy he is reaping the seed of discord he has planted. In a sane country Wike and Onyebuchi would have longed been fired. 1 Like |
Re: Seriously, Doctors Are Small gods - Funke Egbemode (Sun News) by NaMe4: 10:09pm On Jul 10, 2014 |
Eldavido1: Very True. It's funny that some peeps on NL just choose or pretend to ignore certain facts. |
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