Three reasons Strikes will continue in Nigeria's Health Sector
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No part of public service in Nigeria has experienced more strikes than the health sector. Right now, public tertiary hospitals in Nigeria…
To protest, or not to protest - a doctor's dilemma
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The protests on the withdrawal of petrol subsidies in Nigeria has provided doctors with an ethical dilemma. Do they join the protests…
How did it get to this full blown crisis in our health sector?
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The simmering crisis in our public health care sector has now become a disaster as staff working in hospitals managed directly by the Federal…
Crisis in the health sector - but who cares?
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We have spent the last few months in the Nigerian press quarrelling about “zoning”. Almost no airtime is given to the issues…
They don't get it - our Senators and our health
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Anyone following Nigerian politics will have seen the uproar in the press when the the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Lamido…
Patients suffer as Nigerian healthcare workers continue strikes; who cares?
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This piece is contributed by Chima Onoka. Chima is a friend and colleague. In this honest piece he contributes his thoughts about…
The Minister of Health, Resident doctors and strikes
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Minister and Perm Sec of FMOH Since resumption of office, the Minister of Health has faced challenges of industrial disharmony in the health…