When there is no available doctor in an emergency, who do they blame? - The doctors
When doctors say we are understaffed, wat do they say? - nothing
When a doctor slumps and dies on duty?
What do they say? - nothing
When the doctors strikes? “You took an oath”
3 days to go
A PASSIONATE APPEAL TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FEDERATION
Dear President @officialABAT GCFR
Your Excellency Sir,
Warm greetings to you from the entire body of Resident Doctors in Nigeria; a vital group of young medical professionals who provide specialist care and constitute a significant portion of the nation’s healthcare workforce.
We write to you today with deep concern and a profound sense of duty to draw your urgent attention to the worsening state of Nigeria’s health sector. Our healthcare system, Sir, is on the verge of collapse, a situation that has now assumed the dimensions of a national emergency and a matter of national security.
Your Excellency, we are aware that some individuals around you may have assured you that the challenges facing resident doctors have been resolved. Respectfully, Sir, that information is not accurate. Our realities in the hospitals across Nigeria tell a different story. Many of our members are yet to receive their legitimate entitlements, despite several signed agreements and repeated assurances from government representatives.
We are not politicians. We are doctors; men and women devoted to saving lives, working long hours in often harsh and under-resourced conditions. Our appeal is simple and sincere: we seek not luxuries, but the basic salaries, allowances, and welfare packages that have already been approved and promised by government.
Sadly, while many in privileged positions continue to receive their full emoluments without delay, the frontline doctors who shoulder the burden of patient care are left struggling. This inequity is demoralizing and threatens the very foundation of our healthcare delivery system.
Mr. President, you have always been known for your compassion, fairness, and courage in addressing difficult national challenges. We therefore appeal to your fatherly leadership to personally intervene and resolve the long-standing 19-point demands of the Nigerian Resident Doctors in order to restore hope, trust, and stability to our health sector.
We believe that under your decisive leadership, Nigeria’s health system can once again stand strong to serve our people with dignity and save countless lives.
May God grant you the wisdom, strength, and goodwill to act swiftly in the interest of all Nigerians.
Thank you Your Excellency for your kind attention and anticipated action.
Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman
President, Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors
27:10:2025
@officialSKSM@SenGodswill@muhammadpate@SalakoIziaq@MobilePunch@daily_trust@GuardianNigeria@ARISEtv@channelstv
Drs, even if you are in private practice just know that your pay is poor because the government is paying poorly, those diversifying into other fields just know that your passion and childhood dreams and aspirations have been tempered with because of the poor state of our health sector. This is our fight, few among us(i.e the resident Drs) will be taking the hits on our behalf but we should be able to give them moral backing. No going back
Someone just brought this to my attention and I feel that I should help raise an alarm as I do not think that this is fair or right.
Doctors who are working on the platform of @RelianceH_ng are reportedly being paid 200 naira PER CONSULTATION. One consultation is a full doctor-patient interaction.
That means the doctor needs to see 100 patients to make 20,000naira. My goodness. So we are saying that a Nigerian doctor will need to see 100 patients to make £10.
How do we expect these doctors to feed themselves or their families if they are paid 200naira after seeing a patient? What kind of doctors do you think this will breed?
You can’t pay a doctor 200naira and expect them to deliver world-class treatment. This is complete utter madness.
Open letter to my fellow colleagues
Dear Doctors ,
We are getting to the season various viral infection (respiratory symptoms ) pls let’s refrain from prescribing unnecessary antibiotics
Have your FBC done before giving any antibiotics
Viral illness are self limiting.
the iphone you bought in nigeria is real. it probably came through parallel import, meaning a local dealer imported it from dubai, hong kong, or the u.s., not directly from apple.
apple stores (like the one in paris) can only see iphones that were officially distributed in their own region (like europe).
so when they checked your serial number and said “no record,” it just means it wasn’t sold through their local retail system… not that it’s fake.
apple’s global activation servers still recognize it. that’s why it activates, updates, and connects to icloud normally.
you can confirm it’s genuine by checking your serial number at https://t.co/vILCJpZa7s.
apple makes the same iphone model in different regional versions because of network bands, local laws, and features. for example:
🇺🇸 usa = esim only (supports mmwave 5g, the fastest)
🇪🇺 europe/uk = 1 physical sim + 1 esim (no mmwave)
🇯🇵 japan = 1 physical sim + 1 esim (camera shutter sound can’t be muted)
🇨🇳 china/hong kong = dual physical sim (no esim)
🇦🇪 uae = 1 physical sim + 1 esim (facetime may be restricted)
🇮🇳 india/singapore = 1 physical sim + 1 esim (global version, full features… most people use this one, but any version works. i use the usa version 😋)
so, if you bought your iphone in nigeria, it likely came from one of these regions usually dubai, hong kong, or the u.s.
that’s why apple stores in europe or america might say “we have no record of this phone.”
it’s real apple hardware, just not from their regional retail channel.
note: “mmwave” is that little 5g antenna you’ll see on the side of some iphones. just google “mmwave on iphone” and check the image section, you’ll see exactly what i’m talking about.
thanks, don’t mention it. 😌
You know how before frying stew, you make sure the pot is completely dry? Because if there’s even a drop of water, that hot oil will start splashing everywhere and you could get burnt.
Or if you are used to cars, think of your body like an engine. Before a mechanic starts working on it, the engine must be turned off and cleared because fixing a running engine is risky. Things could spill, burn, or go wrong.
That’s similar reason doctors ask you to fast before surgery.
Before major surgery, majority of people get given muscle relaxants as part of the anaesthesia.
This makes all your muscles floppy as the anaesthesia puts your whole body to sleep including the reflexes that protect your lungs.
If your stomach isn’t empty, food or drink can come up and slip into your lungs.
That’s what doctors call aspiration, and it can be very dangerous.
So fasting isn’t punishment, it’s protection. It’s not spiritual protection either so don’t say you will eat because you’re not a religious person.
Before the surgeon begins the work, we just need your “pot” to be dry and your “engine” safely switched off.
You people should not say doctors don’t teach anything on this app sha.
Meee. Dr o. Nurse o. Any naija I jam, I am alway happy. Had IT issues some weeks ago, called ITdesk and it was a naija guy, I was already doing the T for tango, A for apple when he said Omo Iya ma worry, I screamed in the staff room.
We still don't understand that one of the main reasons that we (men and women) marry late, in this generation and in Nigeria, is because of bad governance.
Where the money dey? Abi you want to die during labour because you and your husband have no money to deposit in the hospital for delivery?🤨
These days, a Nigerian man at 35 is still trying to figure out his life. Will you blame him?
It’s not rocket science. Increase the salary, add incentives (Housing schemes, health insurance) and you will see residents. Doctors will still japa, however, more will stay too.
”There are moral, legal and ethical sides (to the question of what it will mean for patients when doctors cut their working hours) but I'd prefer Nigerians be consulted by doctors who are fresh off of sleep, who are well rested, who are well remunerated, who are well compensated for the work done."
Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman — NARD President @ARISEtv
At 40 weeks pregnant, everything was annoying to me. Went for anti natal at UBTH, when it was my turn to see my doctor, I entered, sat and cried for about 15mins and spent the next 10 mins complaining about how ugly I have become. My doc held my hands all through
THESE ITEMS CAN KILL YOUR CHILD Ó! BEWARE!
Credit to aproko_doctor @primalpictures-anatomyTV (YouTube) and @nhlbi (YouTube) for their contributions to this video.