Britain’s recently elected government and the union representing junior doctors said on Monday they have struck an agreement offering a substantial pay rise to end a wave of unprecedented strikes. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it agreed to put the offer to members and recommended them to vote in favour. If accepted, it would put an end to a …

The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, warned its workers, including doctors, against shunning night duties, stressing that “whoever fails to report at his or her duty posts does that at his own or her own risk”. The hospital workers, under the auspices of Joint Action Committee, had on Tuesday told The PUNCH that they were …

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, has admitted that it owes the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company up to N495 million, for which reason the teaching hospital was disconnected from the public power supply. This was as doctors, nurses, and other staff of the hospital refused to work beyond 4.00 pm unless power is reconnected. In an interview with The …

Doctors under the auspices of the National Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) have lamented the high cost of drugs in the country. The association said the high prices of drugs would compound the woes of Nigerians, particularly those suffering from one ailment or the other, as many of them could not afford the prices. The association’s President, …

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in Osun State University Teaching Hospital has declared a 24-hour strike after the father of one of the patients assaulted and attempted to strangle a doctor yesterday According to The Nation, the incident occurred around noon when a yet-to-be-identified father, whose 28-day-old baby was admitted to the hospital, assaulted the doctor on duty. Confirming the …

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has advised new medical students against leaving the country without doing their housemanship. The Registrar of the MDCN, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, gave this advice at the first and second induction ceremony of students of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State into the medical and dental profession. No fewer than 62 …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the health sector. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday while decrying the exclusion of the health sector from the 2023 supplementary budget. This was even as …

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of doctors, nurses, and other clinical healthcare workers as contract staff after attaining their compulsory retirement age or years. The government said the appointed contract staff would be on the same salary scale level that they retired on if they desire and deserve it. According to The PUNCH, a circular, dated 5th October 2023, …

The President of World Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele has disclosed that Nigeria needs over 250,000 medical doctors to meet the World Health Organisation’s doctor-to-patient ratio. He said that Nigeria has fewer than 100,000 registered doctors, which he described as “grossly inadequate” to meet the doctor-patient ratio. Osahon, who made this remark in Benin City on Friday during a public …

The President of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Prof. Aminu Muhammad has said that it would take Nigeria 10 years to replace the 500 Doctors who recently left Nigeria in search of greener pastures. Against the backdrop of findings by the association from 50 out of 80 chapters, Muhammad revealed on Sunday that no fewer than …