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The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine

Making a Stride in Time

Resident doctors

NARD: The proposed bill on strikes in health sector is an assault on democratic rights of employees

January 3, 2022 by Editor Leave a Comment

  The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Joint Health Sector Union, on Sunday, knocked members of the House of Representatives over plans to outlaw strikes in the health sector.   The bodies described a proposed bill to that effect as draconian and an assault on the democratic rights of employees.   The PUNCH … [Read more…]

Posted in: Opinion Tagged: NARD, Resident doctors, strike

NMA asks FG to withdraw suit against striking doctors

August 25, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

  The Nigerian Medical Association in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the case instituted against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to bring about an amicable resolution.   Chairman of NMA Enugu State Branch, Dr Jude Onyia, made the call in Enugu while speaking to newsmen.   The Ministry of Health, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health Tagged: Resident doctors, Striking doctors

Gov Ugwuanyi increases CONHESS for Health workers from 41 percent to 60 percent

August 25, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

  Health professionals and workers in Enugu State under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), yesterday went wild with jubilation as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced an upward increase of their Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) from 41 percent to 60 percent, effective from September 2021, in spite of the nation’s economic, security and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education, Health, News Tagged: Enugu, Health, Resident doctors, Ugwuanyi

Resident Doctors turn down FG’s Memorandum of Understanding

August 23, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

  Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has distanced itself from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by the Federal Government and vehemently refused to sign the document as a commitment to ending its ongoing industrial action.   The association described the MoU as a veiled punishment for doctors, who are to bear the brunt … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health Tagged: Doctors, Health, Ngige, Resident doctors, strike

Setback on Medical Practice

July 30, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

  The National Association of Resident Doctors says the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow on the nation’s medical practice, especially with the death of 19 members.   NARD President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this on Thursday during the association’s first National Executive Council post-COVID-19 meeting in Umuahia.   Uyilawa expressed regret that the pandemic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health Tagged: covid 19, Doctors, Medical practice, Resident doctors

NGO partners come together to render free medical outreach

April 5, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

  A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Hope Rising Home Foundation (HRHF), has partnered other local and international NGOs on free medical outreach at Ikola-Ipaja community in Lagos State.     Over 120 people benefited.   Among the NGO partnered are Hands of Hope Foundation (HHF) in the United Kingdom; Hands of Hope Care Foundation (HHCF) Nigeria; … [Read more…]

Posted in: News Tagged: NGO, Resident doctors, Resident doctors on Strike

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