On Monday, 25 November 2013, 18:05, ben ilechukwu wrote: Physicians’ week 2013 opens in Enugu with fan fare The Enugu State Commissioner for health, Dr. George Eze, has challenged medical practitioners in the country to come out with new ideas and better strategies of handling patients. He said that a situation where some patients complain of how they are attended to in your health institutions by some health care workers was no longer > acceptable. > > Declaring open the > 2013 > physicians’ week of the Nigerian Medical Association; NMA, > Enugu State chapter, > at Villa Toscana, Enugu, yesterday, Dr. Eze, emphasized that > if Nigeria must > attain the millennium development goal for health, doctors > should not only be > committed to their duty through attitudinal change and > periodic research for > advancement, but also be concerned about the future of the > medical profession. > > According to him > “for us to > forge ahead in the profession and meet modern day realities > in Medicare, we > must look in inwards and drive the desired change expected > of us, we should > endeavour to leave a legacy for the next generation of > doctors to emulate”. > > The chairman of the > occasion and founder of the famous Memfys International > Hospital for > Neurosurgery, Enugu, a centre of excellence for brain and > spine surgery, Prof. > Sam Ohaegbulam, identified indiscipline by some doctors and > poor funding as > some of the major problems facing the healthcare > sector. > > The medical legend > regretted that most doctors shy away from participating in > important fora such > as the physicians week, but gave more attention to operating > their private > clinics, pointing out that the week should serve as a period > of stock taking > and time to chart a new course in medicare. > > On the National > Health > Insurance Scheme, Prof. > Ohaegbulam, who > will receive the Doyen of Neurosurgery Award of the Imo > State NUJ in Owerri 6th > December 2013, submitted that the programme would remain a > white elephant > project, until when government wakes up and stops deceiving > the public on its > functionality and realize that it would never work if all > Nigerians fail to > contribute at least N1,000 to it. > > > Welcoming the large > audience, the chairman of the Enugu State chapter of > Nigerian Medical > Association, NMA, Dr. Obinna Onodugo explained that the > week, held every year, > was set aside to remind members that they are physicians, > with huge > responsibility of taking care of the sick and ensuring the > continued good > health of members of society. > > He continued; the > physicians’ week is a period that every doctor including > those in politics and > administrative positions, is expected to fully participate > in all the week’s > activities. > > During the week > also, > effort is made to involve members of society by way of > education, feed back on > our services, advocacies, outreach, and indeed participation > in the activities > lined up. > > The theme for this > year’s > physicians’ week is “federalism and Nigeria’s > Healthcare system: an appraisal > of the primary and secondary healthcare systems”. The sub > – themes are > Demystifying sudden death in Nigeria and Developing > legislation for regular > health check – ups in Nigeria. > > Dr. Onodugo said > the choice > of these themes resulted from a clear appreciation of the > immense challenges > confronting the Nigerian health system – poor management, > and non functionality > of the primary and secondary healthcare system that is > supposed to take care of > over seventy percent of the country’s disease burden, even > as he lamented that > our tertiary health facilities are now suffocated and > overstretched resulting > to crisis of confidence in the Nigerian health > system. > > Chairperson of the > local organizing > committee, Dr. Mrs. Linda Oge Okoye, called on government at > all levels to > introduce juicy carrots to woo doctors to rural communities, > stressing that due > to the near absence of basic infrastructure such as > electricity, water and good > housing, doctors shy away from posting to villages. Lectures > were also > presented by three erudite scholars, Prof. Benjamin > Uzochukwu, Dr. Chuma Onoka > and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Ben Anisiuba all of the > college of medicine > UNN. > > The 2013 > physicians’ week > featured Walk For Life, medical outreach and screening for > hypertension and > cervical cancer at Umuavulu, Abor, Radio Talk Show at Dream > FM Enugu, A.G.M, > friendly football match with lawyers, Dinner and thanks > giving service at St. > Lumumba’s Catholic Chaplaincy UNEC as well as visit to the > motherless Babies > Home Enugu. > > Prominent members > of the > medical profession, including the chairman of the Nigerian > Medical and Dental > Council of Nigeria, Prof Jonathan Azubuike, the provost > College of Medicine > UNN, Prof Basden Onwubere and the president, Nigerian > Medical Women Association > Dr. Mrs. Olive Obienu.
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