On the proposed NCR bill
My heart bleeds when people speciously and parochially argue in order to deceive gullible minds. I am aware of the rabid hatred of doctors by their supposed neighbours in the health sector, but that does not call for unwarranted opposition to doctors at all times. Whatever NMA says or does today our neighbours must fastidiously […]
My heart bleeds when people speciously and parochially argue in order to deceive gullible minds. I am aware of the rabid hatred of doctors by their supposed neighbours in the health sector, but that does not call for unwarranted opposition to doctors at all times. Whatever NMA says or does today our neighbours must fastidiously find a fault in it. Before the appointment of Dr Paul Orhii , a medical doctor, as the DG of NAFDAC, they sponsored a lot publications on why Dr Paul Orhii should not head NAFDAC. That did not end there. When the NMA urged the federal government to stop foreign medical tourism by public office holders, they countered the stance of NMA. My question is must they always oppose NMA in all matters? Which health union in the world encourages the citizens to be wasting money abroad in the name of medical tourism?
Coming to the proposed National Council On Radiology and Radiation Medicine bill currently before the National Assembly, someone has once again criticized it. Contrary to what the writer presented, the bill when passed will unite and strengthen our volatile health sector. The writer went ahead to claim that the intention of the National Council on Radiology and Radiation Medicine(NCR ) bill was to permanently subjugate the RRBN Act, on the contrary the bill recognizes and upholds the duties of all the individual regulatory agencies, councils et cetera under it. In fact, Section 1(L) of the of the proposed bill clearly states that the aim of NCR is to: Maintain an on-going relationship with other agencies and boards involved in monitoring of members involved in the practice of Radiology e.g. MDCN, RRBN, NNRA, ARIN, ARN etc
Dr Paul John wrote fromPort Harcourt and can be reached at: [email protected]