By Fasilat Lawal
Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Oyo State Chapter Chairman, Dr Wale Lasisi has advised Federal Government to consider employing 600 Level medical students that will be paid stipends to address brain drain in the country.
Dr Lasisi stated this while speaking to newsmen as parts of activities marking Physician Week in the State.
He explained that the stipends would be a form of bond that would not allow medical students to relocate abroad for a period of time instead of giving liberty to hospitals to employ the services of retired medical doctors to Bridge the syndrome of travelling massively.
He expressed reservation on the widely reported cases of organ harvesting in the country, called for more investigation on the practice in the country.
The NMA 2023 Physician Week activities include opening ceremony, free medical outreach and physician heal thyself.
In a related development, NMA has called on government to immediately commence the payment of the recently CONMESS and CONHESS salary structures with arrears to medical workers.
President of NMA, Dr Uche Ojinmah made the call at a news Conference organised to commence the 2023 physicians week held at NMA House, Total Garden, Ibadan.
The NMA President whose message was read by Chairman, NMA , Oyo State Chapter, Dr. Wale Lasisibsaid the call became imperative to ensure non interference of health care delivery appealed to Oyo State Government to approve and immediately implement the upward review of hazard allowances for State Doctors and other health care workers in the State as applicable in most states.
Dr. Ojinmah expressed dissatisfaction over the Persistent attempt by certain individuals especially as it relates to board licensing of foreign trained medical graduates, calling on National Assembly to resist being used under any guise to compromise the quality of health care delivery in Nigeria.
The NMA President implored Doctors to always take care of their health in other to deliver care of the highest standard to patients and be more patient with their patients saying Nigerians are passing through trying times.
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