otokx:
Are you guys tired of striking? I hear NUC has issues with this course which ought to have been purely HND/OND paroles. Water will always find its level.

idealsico:
Successful treatment of any disease begins with accurate diagnosis. If precise diagnosis can not be guaranteed, no matter the genuineness of drugs administered on the patient, it can not be efficacious. Nigeria should get it right from the roots.

Sctests:


Igwebuike Charles
Chairman
Assoc. of Medical Laboratory Scientistsof Nigeria Imo State
Phone No.: 08033826056, 08095450675.

Sctests:


Do not make too much noise here, go to Abuja and repeal the Med lab laws. The average Nigerian now knows who actually runs those tests that promotes and saves their lives in our hospitals. Mr pathologist go consult with your physician-friends on clinical disease management and leave the lab for those who have spent all 5 university years +1year internship learning how to run it-The Medical Lab Scientist.

nobilis:


I hope you have heard of automated machines that do most of these tests you guys do in the laboratory.

That's all I have to say.

Tomorrow you guys will also blame doctors for the suspension of the MLS program by NUC.
All your woes are caused by the doctor, SMH. It's pitiable.

nobilis:


Diagnosis starts before the lab. Not in, or after the lab.

Secondly, a pathologist is always in charge of laboratories anywhere in the world. It is not encroachment, it is how things ought to be. Until Medical Laboratory Scientists in Nigeria learn to humble themselves and work in conjunction with the pathologists, they will always feel cheated and raped.

Know your position in a place and gladly and proudly occupy it. That's the best way to gain pride and recognition for your profession.

Sctests:


Dear friend, There is no discrimination between a B.MLS and B.Sc.
MLS is a professional degree by international standard while the Chemistry/ Biology degrees are academic/research-based. A degree in pharmacology here and in many parts of the world can get you a research assistant position but you can't practice as a Pharmacist. Pharmacy degree are professional. That's how it goes. Research positions and Professional positions are both important.
www.unb.ca/academics/programs/undergrad/fr/medical/

1. MLS have a lot in their curriculum that B.Sc biology/chemistry does not. Anatomy, Physiology are key basic medical courses that must be learned as you'll need to understand structure and functions of what you studied in school and apply them in the lab. Scenario- When you told to explain the collection of endocervical smears at squamo-coloumnar junction, how do you explain that as a chemist?.

2.There are drugs that interact and alter medical laboratory results giving false-positives or false-nagatives, it is the Lab. Scientist's job to know this and factor it in before signing and releasing lab results. This is one of the many reasons Pharmacology is taught to Lab. Scientists. This course is absent in Biologist's/chemist's curriculum.
We also have medical counselling medical ethics and jurisprudence. CLS are also sued by patients for malpractice(e.g giving out wrong results), they also testify in court in rape cases. Is the chemist/biologist equipped with this knowlege. That's why it is regulated and licensed. Lives are involved. Those aforementioned courses are missing in Biology and chemistry curriculums.
We need to stop seeing the lab as an afterthought kitchen where any joe can come in and run medical tests. The Medical Laboratory now plays a central role. Infact the HIV battle was fought and won in the laboratory.

3. Importation of diagnostics by law is supposed to be regulated by Medical Lab profesionals through the MLSCN, but our wardmen in labcoats believe otherwise. CBN have released a circular to that effect in accordance with the law.

Scientists and pathologists can work together but on different frequencies, in different offices towards a better health for the patient but they are distinct professions and none should seek to head the other. Pathologists should head theirs MLS should also head theirs. That's what the law says.

nobilis:


Jittery??
In what sense am I jittery?

Isn't it paradoxical that the people who always clamor for "international best practices" just want to abandon the same international best practices just to further their own selfish gains and purposes?
This behaviour is only expected of worshippers of the god, Janus.

ACM10:
Till they quit telling me that Staphylococcus aureus is the causative organism of UTI, I have no respect for the medical lab scientists. Most of them are MedSurg rejects and some are glorified charlatans.

nobilis:


Diagnosis starts before the lab. Not in, or after the lab.

Secondly, a pathologist is always in charge of laboratories anywhere in the world. It is not encroachment, it is how things ought to be. Until Medical Laboratory Scientists in Nigeria learn to humble themselves and work in conjunction with the pathologists, they will always feel cheated and raped.

Know your position in a place and gladly and proudly occupy it. That's the best way to gain pride and recognition for your profession.

nationwide1:
Do you know that 70% of diagnosis is made through history and medical examination and laboratory and radiology make up the rest of 30%? Do you also know that doctors receive excellent medical laboratory training before graduation? I think industrial court has the solution to your problem.

spacefreak:


Doctors receive excellent medical laboratory training? Really? Tell me more. Asking you questions is pointless. You would just run to google

spacefreak:


Doctors receive excellent medical laboratory training? Really? Tell me more. Asking you questions is pointless. You would just run to google

olympus121:
[s] I've heard so much abt this wahala in d health sector. My brother is a Doctor and he often tells me about these problems and honestly told me that d Doctors are just heading every departments in the hospital even where they hav no experience about. It's so wrong to hav a doctor heading d engineering department or Physiotherapy department where he has no single knowledge about. Nigeria has to enact laws to show clear definition of jobs especially in a multiprofessional sector like Health. Doctors dnt knw other people's profession enof to head dem, it's more like imperialism. Thank God I'm not in such a crazy environment. [/s]

nationwide1:
That's a fact you can't dispute bro. Has a doctor ever sent a laboratory request form to you without stating the working / provisional diagnosis and almost always correct after your results?

Onyiridike:


Is it B. Sc. Biochemistry that you are referring to as B. Sc Biology/Chemistry?

What makes you different from an illiterate?

Mr. Man every course is professional. You can ONLY be a lab. Scientist and that doesn't make you more professional than a Biochemist, Microbiologist. Economist, Chemist, Zoologist e.t.c.

You think a Biochemist, Chemist or Microbiologist is NOT a professional?

You think working in the hospital in a nice lab coat is what professionalism is all about?

This MADNESS only happens in Nigeria.

Obviously, you guys are overrated and you should learn to respect other disciplines.

zeezahbee:
how old are you?

ACM10:
Till they quit telling me that Staphylococcus aureus is the causative organism of UTI, I have no respect for the medical lab scientists. Most of them are MedSurg rejects and some are glorified charlatans.

spacefreak:


You do know that diagnosis is very different from actually running a test? You can't confirm diagnosis without running accurate tests. Going from your initial statement doctors can diagnose and run accurate tests which I vehemently disagree still.

zeezahbee:
how old are you?

ACM10:


Stick to the topic. . .

zeezahbee:
They are just jokers. same doctors that said they can do the work of a pharmacist.

Now they also want to be MLS/MLT. una wicked o

With the stipend they pay you guys in Nigeria, una wan work other people work join. More muscles to una elbow.

An adage says ''the clock will work till its battery stop working, that is what doctors are''.