Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Some states don’t have 50 doctors to 1.5million people —NMA president
President, Nigeria Medical Association, Dr. Omede Idris
Increasing industrial actions across the nation especially by medical doctors have raised concern regarding essential service delivery and sincerity of government in addressing vexed issues. In this interview with Ezra Ijioma, the President of Nigeria Medical Association, Dr. Omede Idris, offers suggestions on how to resolve the current strike by resident doctors in Lagos State.
Why do medical doctors go on strike regularly?
Though strikes have been sporadic, they are heralded by things that are beyond the scope of the practitioners. As a bigger body, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), has not called out doctors on strike for some time now. The last time NMA went on strike was in 2001 and that’s about 10 years ago.
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