A little eye opener to d populace... by Ojo Babawale Bwalex 1. As a university is to d edu sector, so is hospital to d health sector 2. When u finish in d uni, u become a graduate and u get a degree based on ur discipline... B Sc, B Ed, B Pharm or MBBS! MBBS degree is to d medical Drs 3. Some graduates work as university lectures as graduate assistants, some others work somewhere else. Most Drs work with a hospital! 4. Some lectures are employed with Bachelors degrees, others with higher degrees. Whichever way, u might decide to further ur edu or not. Drs are employed with MBBS degree and u also decide to further ur edu or not. 5. A Bachelor or Masters degree holder picks up a Masters or Phd form respectively if they desire to further. A Dr picks up a Masters form or go into residency! 6. A lecturer teaches undergraduates and at d same time gets trained by Professors and Phd holders experienced in their chosen field. A resident Dr teaches medical students and at d same time gets trained by Professors and Consultants in d different fields of medicine based on their chosen path. 7. The successful lecturers in training become Masters degree holders or Phd holders as d case may be... Successful residents become consultants! None of the above achieved these lofty heights by years spent in d civil service but by hard work! CONSULTANTS IN HOSPITAL PASS THRU RESIDENCY, they dont become one by counting YEARS OF SERVICE! 8. A lecturer continues to lecture, undergoes his training and he gets paid...cos hes working! A resident continues to work, undergoes his training and he gets paid...cos hes working! 9. ASUU went on strike, lecturers furthering their education were not sacked. NMA went on strike, residents were sacked! 10. During ASUU strike, NASU/SAANU didnt ask d FG to stop salary of lecturers on training on d ground that are under training. During NMA strike, JOHESU cohorts were asking d FG to stop residents salaries! After all, they are under training!!! 11. Whereas a university lecturer gets a 30k hazard allowance monthly, a Naija medical Dr gets 5k 12. Whereas a lecture is allowed to spend many years training while in service, a resident has a limited time to spend for his training during which he has a maximum of 3 attempts at each step of his training or he gets relocated(a more civil way to describe a residents sack) 13. Whereas a university lecturer is entitled to retirement benefits (even while still on training) should he retire or die, a resident Dr has no such benefits(what happens to d residents family should he die in d course of his training?) And now our residents are going to face EBOLA, with 5K monthly hazard allowance having it at d back of their minds that they av no benefits should they die in service! 14. All successful lecturers in training gets promoted following their successful training within d same university except d ones that choose not to stay. And what happens to a successful resident? He gets back to d labour market except d few ones that are retained. ...and yet Nigerian doctors are seen to be wicked and proud! I think the case now is d fattest dog eats d patient bone! But cheer up hippocratic brothers, LIONS MAY SOMETIMES GO HUNGRY, THEY WILL NEVER EAT GRASS! Never!!! Dr Ojo Babawale O. M B Ch B(Ife)
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:52:14 +0000
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