http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/ A community of Nigerian Medical Practitioners at home and in the diaspora. en-gb Powered by TheNigerianDoctor.com Copyright © 2007 TheNigerianDoctor.com All Rights Reserved admin@nospam.com (Site Admin) admin@nospam.com (Site Admin) Sun, 20 May 2012 13:51:47 -0700 Sun, 20 May 2012 13:51:47 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/images/NP Logo32X32.png http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/ 88 31 A community of Nigerian Medical Practitioners at home and in the diaspora. http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.1030 Somethings should not be said but really nature has a way of balancing the equations!]]> noauthor@nospam.com (DocTJ) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:39 -0800 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.1030 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.967 noauthor@nospam.com (Niyi) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:20:43 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.967 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.850
1. No one says consultants should not be paid. All Doctors should be paid for work done. In the civil service, there are two clear lineage for advancement. The General Duty Doctor or General Practitioner lineage and the Consultants lineage. When a medical officer is freshly employed he joins the civil service on Level 12 and it takes him 10 years to get to Level 15. Whereas a consultant having spent 4 years of post graduate training joins the civil service on Level 15. The difference in number of years compensates for and encourage specialization. That is the principle espoused Circular 1 of 1996. Thereafter all allowances are equally enjoyed by both group of doctors. But the NMA in negotiating for New MSS, asked for Specialist Allowance for Specialists without a commesurate or corresponding allowance for the General Duty doctors or General practitioners. And that was why NAGGMDP is asking for General Practice allowance for General Duty Doctors to account for the "special and other services" they render based on "on the job" experience acquired over the years in service.

2. The issue of consultants earning more does not arise, because in the civil service you are paid according to your scale or level, and you do not get to any level unless you are qualified for it either by your certificate (post graduate training) or years of experience in service. Take note that, as earlier noted, a consultant gets to level 15 by reason of qualification (after 4 years) and a medical Officer gets to Level 15 after 10 years by reason of promotion and experience in service. Also note the difference of 6 years as compensation.

3. Doctors must be very careful of not rubbishing "MBBS" or the first "real" degree which you never observe with other professions, who after the basic degree can rise to any level in the civil service with all the percuisites attached to such posts.

4. We must learn to be our brother's keeper as our medical oath implies. If you employ a consultant (level 15) and medical officer (level 12) on the same day in the civil service, and that medical officer serves under the consultant for the next 10 years, is it the wish of such consultant that such medical officer does not enjoy the same benefits he had been enjoying for 10 years previous? That makes the medical officers perpetual slaves!

4. Such thinking is not right. And majority of old, very experienced consultants who trained we senior medical officers of today don't agree with what the current henchmen at the NMA are trying to do. It will lead to disharmony within the profession and the civil service. And our patients will be the worst for it. And that is why NAGGMDP is trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a conflagration.

5. In conclusion all Doctors should be paid all the allowances depending on their grades, because you start perfecting the skill from the day you start practicing.

6. We support Specialist allowance for the Consultants and General Practice allowance for the non consultants, as a balance. And they should both carry the same value. There had always been such balance in the old MSS and CONTISS, the New MSS or CONMESS (as it is sometimes refered to) should not be allowed to be different or cause disharmony among doctors.

Thank you.]]> noauthor@nospam.com (Geekay) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:53:37 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.850 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.850 1. No one says consultants should not be paid. All Doctors should be paid for work done. In the civil service, there are two clear lineage for advancement. The General Duty Doctor or General Practitioner lineage and the Consultants lineage. When a medical officer is freshly employed he joins the civil service on Level 12 and it takes him 10 years to get to Level 15. Whereas a consultant having spent 4 years of post graduate training joins the civil service on Level 15. The difference in number of years compensates for and encourage specialization. That is what Circular 1 of 1996 states. Thereafter all allowances are equally enjoyed by both group of doctors. But the NMA in negotiating for New MSS, asked for Specialist Allowance for Specialists without a commesurate or allowance for the General Duty doctors or General practitioners. And that was why NAGGMDP is asking for General Practice allowance for General Duty Doctors to account for the "special services" they render based on "on the job" experience acquired over the years in service.
2. The issue of consultants earning more does not arise, because in the civil service you are paid according to your scale or level, and you do not get to any level unless you are qualified for it either by your certificate (post graduate training) or years of experience in service. Take note that, as earlier noted, a consultant gets to level 15 by reason of qualification (after 4 years) and a medical Officer gets to Level 15 after 10 years by reason of promotion and experience in service. Also note the difference of 6 years as compensation.
3. Doctors must be very careful of not rubbishing "MBBS" which you never observe with other professions, who after the basic degree can rise to any level in the civil service with all the percuisites attached to such posts.
4. We must learn to be our brother's keeper as our medical oath implies. If you employ a consultant (level 15) and medical officer (level 12) on the same day in the civil service, and that medical officer serves under the consultant for the next 10 years, is it the wish of such consultant that such medical officer does not enjoy the same benefits he had been enjoying for 10 years previous? That makes the medical officers perpetual slaves!
4. Such thinking is not right. A majority of old experienced consultants who trained we senior medical officers of today don't agree with what the current henchmen at the NMA are trying to do. It will lead to disharmony within the profession and the civil service. And our patients will be the worst for it. And that is why NAGGMDP is trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes a conflagration.
5. In conclusion all Doctors should be paid all the allowances depending on their grades, because you start perfecting the skill from the day you start practicing. We support Specialist allowance for the Consultants and General Practice allowance for the non consultants, as a balance. And they should both carry the same value. There had always been such balance in the old MSS and CONTISS, the New MSS should not be allowed to be different or cause disharmony among doctors. Thank you.]]> noauthor@nospam.com (Geekay) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:24:23 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.850 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.download.12 noauthor@nospam.com (fatima kallah) Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:28:18 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.download.12 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.938 noauthor@nospam.com (Tolu) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:46:33 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.938 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.912 noauthor@nospam.com (Dr Femi Samuel) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:13:50 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.912 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.33 He should stop wasting time and get on with the remaining few seconds of his life!]]> noauthor@nospam.com (Dr Femi Samuel) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:00:03 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.33 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.43 Difference between us and 'em!]]> noauthor@nospam.com (Dr Femi Samuel) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:52:17 -0700 http://www.thenigeriandoctor.com/comment.php?comment.news.43