The seven-day warning strike embarked upon by the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) is already taking a toll on patients in Abuja hospitals, the nation’s capital This was even as patients lamented delays in accessing health services, and new patients were not being admitted due to the ongoing strike. The PUNCH reports that the strike affects 83 …

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 …

Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Services, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has identified poor funding, brain drain, obsolete equipment as well as lack of facilities as the major problems of Nigeria’s health sector. The minister made the assertion in an address he delivered Thursday at the 13th Biennial Delegates’ Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association …