SoldierBoy1:
Hehehehe..... I wan talk something about Medicine but girls go attack me, so maa just reserve my comment, but I sure say some guys go still code wetin I wan talk ..... But anyhow sha, as a Mechanical Engineering student, I never feel inferior to Medical students for my life. I dey happy sef say e no work when my momsy want maa go Ukraine study Medicine and Bowen University, thanks for giving me Biochemistry instead of medicine because una give me strong excuse of not studying Medicine . I was made for Engineering and the fulfillment I get studying my course gives me so much Joy to the extent that courses like Control systems, machine design etc give me joy..... Thumbs up to all my Engineering fellows..... If you love wetin you dey do, you no go feel inferior to anybody.

AnonHq:
Anytime i read threads like this i just shake my head
there is no doubt that medicine is the most difficult course to study and as such anyone who graduates successfully is usually respected and adored....because if you know what it takes to go through med school..the crazy ward rounds, sleepless nights just to pass the MB, the insults you receive in front of your patient and all, you would not come here to make ridiculous comparisons!
yes everyone is important but there is a hierarchy, and doctors are at the top of the ladder

AnonHq:


stop being petty in your thinking. doctors are the highest paid anywhere in the world! those who work on wall street, silicon valley all visit doctors when they have one illness or the other

Amiodarone:




You sound like somebody that failed out of medical school. If you knew those courses you mentioned just like that you wouldn't be saying that

Rursh:
Dear OP, studying Medicine or being a medical doctor worth being over hyped if at all it is.
They deal with human life my brother and anything that has to do with human life shouldn't be taken likely.
Doctor help to keep one alive in cases of failing health condition. Permit me to say "they are next to God" or "they are God on earth"
Did you not read in the news recently that Doctors in Canada are protesting too much money being paid to them?
*Rursh
*Proudly a Clinical scientist

Haryormideh:

You just said medicine is the hardest or most difficult course to study... Please I beg to differ, just ask any pharmacist or a pharmacy student in a recognized pharmacy school, they will tell you, pharmacy is a lot harder than medicine.. That being said, each profession should be respected, Doctors are Wonderful, Farmers /Agriculturist are marvellous, pharmacists are indispensable, etc etc.... No need to compare, we are all parts that make a whole.....
ProudlyPharmacistInTraining

this is a joke right? pharmacy is more difficult than medicine? the same pharmacy that runs on semesters? Hell nursing is more demanding than pharmacy stop trying to sound intelligent
like i said before all courses are important but there is a hierarchy and medicine is at the top

Haryormideh:

You just said medicine is the hardest or most difficult course to study... Please I beg to differ, just ask any pharmacist or a pharmacy student in a recognized pharmacy school, they will tell you, pharmacy is a lot harder than medicine.. That being said, each profession should be respected, Doctors are Wonderful, Farmers /Agriculturist are marvellous, pharmacists are indispensable, etc etc.... No need to compare, we are all parts that make a whole.....
ProudlyPharmacistInTraining

Venerable612:


I am sorry if you think I am petty, I suppose you are not objective enough. Perhaps you can provide the figures that the highest paid doctors collect. And show me the highest paid doctors on the list of richest men.

I didn’t want to respond to your bias thought before: I would rather provide you with facts, but I think I need to educate you a bit. You should be exposed enough to know that investment bankers, hedgfund managers and even international corporate lawyers get paid more than your highest paid doctors.

Go and read about M&A deals or perhaps the significance of Canary Wharf to the Uk.

I thought payment has nothing to do with what makes a profession noble. I would have thought you’d mention the fact that Doctors save lives... and saving lives is what they are trained to do.

When you talk about the real world leaders or top of the hierarchy like you call it, check the statistics of the life movers... even military men rank higher!

So pls quit making wrong assertions because of some difficulties you guys go through with educating yourself in Nigeria. To be honest I don’t even think anyone thinks of doctors of some special deal here: everyone is rich enough to make a good life here. Ts poverty that made education really attractive in Nigeria.

Try get out of Nigeria and you know what I mean.

AnonHq:


i laugh in swahili even law students know its nothing compared to part 1 MB exam

Venerable612:


I am sorry if you think I am petty, I suppose you are not objective enough. Perhaps you can provide the figures that the highest paid doctors collect. And show me the highest paid doctors on the list of richest men.

I didn’t want to respond to your bias thought before: I would rather provide you with facts, but I think I need to educate you a bit. You should be exposed enough to know that investment bankers, hedgfund managers and even international corporate lawyers get paid more than your highest paid doctors.

Go and read about M&A deals or perhaps the significance of Canary Wharf to the Uk.

I thought payment has nothing to do with what makes a profession noble. I would have thought you’d mention the fact that Doctors save lives... and saving lives is what they are trained to do.

When you talk about the real world leaders or top of the hierarchy like you call it, check the statistics of the life movers... even military men rank higher!

So pls quit making wrong assertions because of some difficulties you guys go through with educating yourself in Nigeria. To be honest I don’t even think anyone thinks of doctors of some special deal here: everyone is rich enough to make a good life here. Ts poverty that made education really attractive in Nigeria.

Try get out of Nigeria and you know what I mean.

mrMeen:
then what of agricultural students that provide the food that the oh so "next God on earth" dine on to have the necessary energy to carry out their practice can we then call agricultural students "providers of humanity" or what.

AnonHq:
Anytime i read threads like this i just shake my head
there is no doubt that medicine is the most difficult course to study and as such anyone who graduates successfully is usually respected and adored....because if you know what it takes to go through med school..the crazy ward rounds, sleepless nights just to pass the MB, the insults you receive in front of your patient and all, you would not come here to make ridiculous comparisons!
yes everyone is important but there is a hierarchy, and doctors are at the top of the ladder

Acidosis:
This is the problem with most of you:

You adore people because of what they study, what they earn, the post they hold, where they're born, their status in the society, etc.

If we all learn to honour and respect people because they're humans, Nigeria's problems will drastically reduce.

Our so called love is not real, this is why Ambode will most likely fix a case of robbery in Ikoyi than those robbery cases on the Mainland. The urgency to fix the problem is first, tied to the "type" of people living in Ikoyi.

We don't love genuinely in Nigeria; contrary to the popular lies we tell ourselves, we are far from being a loving people.

If you love and respect people because they're Doctors (not because they're human beings with a soul), then your love is highly questionable.. Truth is, you do not love.. Take away the Dr., and you will see how mindless you're.

If, in your job, you give special attention to some class of people over other fellow human beings, then you're far from loving.

Note, there is nothing wrong in paying some class of people more. An experienced Doctor should be paid more than a Nurse because he renders more/costly services. Contrary to the popular belief, a Doctor should not be paid more because;

1. He spent 6 years in school: this I must say is the most myopic view ever. Some carry-over students spend 10 years.. does it mean we have to pay them more? Of course, No!

2. He deals on human lives: as reasonable as this sounds, it's still not a logical reason to pay them more. Drivers, Okada riders, etc.. deal on human lives. Mechanics deal with humans. A mechanic error can kill over a 100 passengers at a goal, it is as bad as that.. so it is actually du.mb, when anyone raises shoulders and expect to be paid more because you touch blood. No, that's du.mb.. Your so called illiterate mechanic can deliberate alter your braking system and before you say jack, you're already at the "other side"!


In sum, lets all respect people because they're first, humans, before becoming anything. If you render more service, if you work in a booming industry, then you deserve to earn more and be respected like every other human being.

This status-gap we see today is a result of the half baked education a lot of people received in this country, and parents as well are culprits! Go and check the wealthy 21st-century families, you will hardly see any parents enforcing some courses on their wards. The practice of reverencing some courses above others is common among those on the lower end of the tree.

joan1678:



This has to pass for the best post I've read all day. You're a med student too right?

AnonHq:


of course the primary and sole aim of being a doctor is to save live. in my previous post i also said people who have these "investment" patronise doctors.
your explanation reeks of cluelessness, stop comparing an "organisation" with a "profession"
i don't need to start typing figures for you, Google is your friend and you can use that! if you had a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, all in the same firm who would be the highest paid?
poverty made education attractive in Nigeria? tell me any developed country that doesn't take education serious? petty reasoning once again!

i leave you with just one fact....the current president of the world bank is a medical doctor

Profayo:
I think op is suffering from low self esteem and inferiority complex

AnonHq:


i can't even figure out what you wrote... stop being foolish
so ben carson is know for what? Nikcolas papnicolau is known for what? Dr Oluyinka Olutoye is known for what?

300wayne:
BRAIN

Abaasit4real:

One f the most sensible beings on nairaland! O celebrate you bro!

OGHENAOGIE:
you are very stupid can't you make your points without insulting...cos of overrated medicine....

Shekstatari:
How can someone just wake up one morning and start hating other people's career choice?
It's immature. If you are a Nurse, Lawyer, Engineer, Biologist, Mechanic or even a Gateman, as long as you love your work and derive joy in doing it, then why the complain??
If Doctors are proud or hyped or worshipped, it shouldn't be a snag to you na, just enjoy yourself and be the best in all you do.
#peace

Teemaan:


It's a known fact of how much it cost them to earn that name but man, many people would explore more if they divert their intellect into the medical field but they chose some other thing just like the way you acclaimed being a clinical scientist. Its good you made reference to the Doctors in Canada who had to protest for being over paid and what other definition do you need for over hype?? You actually sound like someone who dreamt of studying
Medicine but was swept into some related direction because of what reason only God knows

Rursh:


Ignoramus, Clinical scientist also means a Doctor sir.
Roger that

Rursh:


Ignoramus, Clinical scientist also means a Doctor sir.
Roger that

Teemaan:


Well, maybe you are right sir if considered under professional Jargon but as good as I know and as far as I've inquired, a clinical scientist is not a Doctor....if you are a clinical scientist boy(lol), ur job scope is within the laboratory.
I need diligent doctors to confirm this. I stand to be corrected anyways