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This is the official Twitter Account of the Association of Resident Doctors at LASUTH Ikeja representing resident doctors, medical officers, and house officers

[Dr Mohammad Usman Suleiman @mohagirei]

NARD POSITION ON THE MAY SALARY DISCREPANCIES

Dear Members,

As we started receiving our May Salary which commenced this evening, the leadership of NARD wishes to formally notify NARDites of the discrepancies that were recorded in the May salary payment. These inconsistencies arose primarily from significant technical challenges encountered within the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) software during that payroll cycle.

The specific issues identified included:

1. Omission of Special Allowance (SA) for Some Members: Some members suffered the loss of their Special Allowance. This critical component of the monthly remuneration was inadvertently omitted by the system, leading to a noticeable shortfall in total take-home pay.

2. Systemic Salary Alterations: There were major, unauthorized alterations to salary figures, which resulted in across-the-board reductions for some members. These fluctuations appeared to be the result of a processing error within the payroll calculation modules.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) viewed these developments with grave concern. Consequently, the leadership intervened immediately, leading to a reduction in the earlier casualties.

NARD leadership therefore advised affected members to obtain and scrutinize their payslips as soon as their salaries were credited to their accounts. This was a vital step in identifying individual peculiarities. All complaints should be lodged with the respective local center leadership for onward forwarding to the NARD Secretariat for immediate action.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all members for their patience and cooperation as we work to ensure corrections and seek for the arrears in the June salary.

Thank you.

Dr. Shuaibu Ibrahim
NARD Secretary General
23/05/2026

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When: June 8th, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM

Venue: MRC Auditorium

Dr. Ayomide Oni-Orisan
VP 1/OGM LOC Chairperson
2025/2026
LASUTH-ARD

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📢 The 3rd Bayo Osinowo Foundation Intercollegiate Quiz Competition

Get ready for the 3rd edition of the Bayo Osinowo Intercollegiate Quiz Competition!

Academic competition bringing together tertiary institutions to empower future leaders and promote intellectual engagement

[Association of Resident Doctors ARD JUTH @Ardjuth25]

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEADER 🎂
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD JUTH), led by Dr. Jahkim Susan Garos, warmly congratulates DR. KEVIN KWARSHAK of Department of Urology
*Immediate past POTARD JUTH (2 tenures)
*VP2 NARD
We celebrate you sir
Dr. Sunday Etobaba Adebowale
PRO

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The Intersection of Law and Medicine: Managing Litigation Risks in Resource-Constrained Settings

Join us for a practical discussion on navigating legal challenges in our day-to-day clinical reality.

More panelists coming up next.

LOC OGM 2026

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📢Panelist Unveiling | LASUTH-ARD 19TH OGM 2026

Our First panelist is in🎊

🎙️ CP Tijani Fatai

The Commissioner of Police
[Lagos State Police Command]

He would be joining us on the panel session on the subtheme:

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insight promises to inspire, challenge, and empower us toward becoming more balanced and effective clinicians.

Date: 10th June, 2026

Get ready for an enlightening and impactful session! 🚀

LOC OGM 2026

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UNVEILING OUR THEME SPEAKER*

The stage is set… and the excitement continues! 🎉

As part of the 19th LASUTH-ARD OGM & Scientific Conference, we are thrilled to unveil our distinguished Theme Speaker for this year’s conference themed:

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“The Balanced Clinician: Harmonizing Professional Excellence with Personal Vitality”

🎙️ Dr. Moyosore Makinde

A renowned Lifestyle Medicine Expert whose wealth of experience and...

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LASUTH-ARD Cervical Cancer Screening Outreach

📅 Date: June 6th, 2026

🕘 Time: 9:00 AM💪

Early detection saves lives.

#ScreeningSavesLives #CervicalCancer #Wellness"

LOC OGM 2026

[Medzonetv @Medzonetv]

🚨 BREAKING: THE THEATRE IS NO LONGER SACRED. TOP SURGEON BRUTALIZED AT UUTH. 🇳🇬

We are receiving horrific reports from the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH). This isn't just a news update; it is a direct assault on the medical profession.

This morning, May 12, 2026, armed and masked operatives identified by eyewitnesses as personnel from the EFCC stormed the federal facility in a commando-style raid. They didn't come to arrest a criminal; they came for Professor Eyo Ekpe.

Professor Ekpe is a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is the Deputy CMAC of UUTH. He is one of the few specialists standing between life and death for millions of Nigerians in the South-South.

Witnesses say the operatives were ruthless. Staff members who tried to intervene were beaten and threatened with firearms. Imagine being a Professor of Medicine and the Deputy CMAC of a tertiary hospital, only to be dragged out of your office like a common thief.

Reports suggest this assault was triggered by a dispute over a medical report for a relative of a high-ranking official. However, the EFCC has yet to issue an official statement explaining the reason for the raid itself, as the entire situation simply does not make sense.

We are calling on the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA): How much more can we take? If a Professor of Surgery is not safe in his own hospital, who is?

Nigeria is bleeding specialists, and today, the system just cut its own throat. We demand the immediate release of Professor Ekpe and a total apology for this desecration of our health sector. 🩺✊

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Subject: LASUTH 2026 Abstract Submission

📞 Enquiries:
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Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work and contribute to meaningful scientific discourse. Share widely!

Dr. Fasina Oyinlola
Editor-in-Chief
LASUTH-ARD
WHITE EXCO '25/26

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📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – LASUTH-ARD OGM 2026 SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

The Association of Resident Doctors, LASUTH invites researchers, clinicians, and scientists across Nigeria to submit abstracts for the OGM 2026 Scientific Conference.

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📌 Notification of Acceptance: Friday, May 22nd, 2026

📝 Submission Format:
• Maximum of 300 words
• Include title, authors’ names/affiliations, objectives, methods, results, and conclusion
• Submit in Word format

📧 Send submissions to: [email protected]

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

Not All Fever is Malaria

In commemoration of World Malaria Day 2026 at the Lagos State Ministry of Health, I had the honour of delivering a keynote address outlining our strategic roadmap towards a Malaria-Free Lagos.

As we intensify our elimination efforts, we remain committed to data-driven interventions, robust surveillance systems, and deliberate public health policies to consolidate malaria pre-elimination and accelerate progress towards elimination in Lagos State.

While malaria remains a major global challenge, with Africa accounting for approximately 95% of cases, Lagos is demonstrating that sustained and strategic intervention works.

The data tells a compelling story:

• 15 years ago, approximately 15% of Lagosians carried the malaria parasite
• Today, prevalence has declined to less than 2%
• Despite our coastal geography, Lagos has maintained significantly lower prevalence rates compared to neighbouring states, reporting rates between 20–30%

Our Intervention

As malaria prevalence declined, we identified an important paradox: many patients with fever were still being treated presumptively for malaria.

To better understand this gap, we conducted one of the largest operational malaria studies in Nigeria, testing over 78,000 residents through a network of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) and community pharmacies (CPs) as part of the Pathway to Malaria Pre-Elimination and Digitisation Programme. The tests we used are the most sophisticated, and they also validated that Rapid Diagnostic Tests for malaria are highly sensitive to 98% accuracy.

The findings, without a doubt, confirm that the malaria burden in Lagos has significantly declined.

Only about 5% of patients presenting with fever actually tested positive for malaria.

This means that many people treating themselves for malaria were likely suffering from other illnesses requiring different forms of care. It also explains why many patients believe malaria medicines are “not working” when, in reality, the wrong condition is being treated.

Our New Standard: Prevent. Test. Treat. Track.

To protect residents and improve outcomes, Lagos State has adopted a comprehensive malaria strategy built on four pillars:

• Prevent: Intensify vector control and environmental management
• Test: Eliminate presumptive diagnosis through mandatory malaria testing using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)
• Treat: Ensure only confirmed malaria cases receive antimalarial treatment
• Track: Strengthen surveillance systems to identify hotspots, monitor trends, and guide environmental intervention strategies

At the same time, our clinicians are strengthening fever evaluation through detailed history-taking, physical examination, and ordering appropriate investigations to support more accurate diagnosis and management.

We are winning this fight through science, data, innovation, and sustained investment.

Let us stop the guesswork.

Test before you treat.

#MalariaFreeLagos #WorldMalariaDay #TestBeforeTreat #PublicHealth #LagosState #PreventTestTreatTrack

[DR AFO @Dr_Afo]

Nigeria’s specialist doctor shortage is genuinely terrifying.

Here are the pproximate numbers in a country of 220M+ people:

Neurosurgeons: 140
Cardiothoracic surgeons (CTSU): Less than 100
Plastic surgeons: 150
Urologists: Less than 100
Orthopaedic surgeons: ~600
Obstetricians & Gynaecologists: ~2,500
Dermatologist: Less than 100
General surgeons: ~800
Radiologists: probably under ~1,000
Cardiologists: only a few hundred
Gastroenterologists: only a few hundred
Rheumatologist: Less than 40
Oncologist: Less than 100

Some states literally don’t have certain specialists at all.

Then people still wonder why waiting lists are insane, referrals are delayed, and doctors burn out or leave the country.

I keep saying it that if half of Nigerian patients start coming to he hospital, the country will blow up.

But for now, let's keep fooling and discussing whether a lady should take her husband name or the one her mother took from her father.

[Nigerian Medical Association @nationalnma]

MDCN CPD TRAINING PLATFORM

The attention of the Prof Afekhide Ernest Omoti led NMA NOC has been drawn to the creation of a new CPD Training Platform by the @MDCNOfficial and the associated compulsory fees of N15,000 attached to its usage.

While the NMA NOC acknowledges the relevance of continued professional development to ongoing quality assurance in the sector, we also understand some of the concerns that members have raised about possible duplicative nature of this platform and the additional financial burden that this initiative may come with for practitioners.

We will begin the engagement of relevant authorities on this subject matter and will communicate resolutions in due course.

Thank you

Prof Olayinka Atilola
National Publicity Secretary

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...sacrifices, teamwork, and the countless lives you touch daily.

Thank you for all you do. Happy Nurses’ Week! 💙

Tope Omotoyinbo
PRO, LASUTH ARD
25/26

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HAPPY NURSES' WEEK
The LASUTH ARD WHITE EXCO 25/26 warmly celebrates all our dedicated nurses during this Nurses’ Week.

Your compassion, resilience, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to patient care remain the backbone of healthcare delivery. We appreciate your...