By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Ibrahim was speaking even as a section of the country backs the government to once and for all tackle not only doctors but other employees of state, who are fond of hiding under ‘right’ of industrial action over misunderstanding with government to cause deaths and hardship fr fellow citizens.
The Nigeria’s Federal Government has been called upon to withdraw its legal suit at the National Industrial Court against the striking Resident Doctors in the country.
A Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, made this call in Lagos Wednesday, while facilitating a two-day Health Seminar on Stress Management, Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension, Diabetes and Stress for the Staff of the Institute.
He also called on private and public organizations to ensure that human capacity building training in the area of health sector is integrated into their annual training programmes in order to prevent certain life threatening ailments that could reduce productivity and efficiency of their workforce.
According to Alhaji Ibrahim, healthcare delivery system in the country today needs alot of improvements and, to cope with this health challenge, he said prevention is cheaper and safer in Nigeria to prevent sudden death.
On the on going strike by the resident doctors, asides asking that suit against them be withdrawn, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim advised that the government should, instead of resorting to legal action, invite leadership of the striking doctors to another roundtable negotiation to resolve the matter amicably.
This need arose, he did, because more avoidable deaths are being recorded across the country as a result of the ongoing industrial action.
Ibrahim was speaking even as a section of the country backs the government to once and for all tackle not only doctors but other employees of state, who are fond of hiding under ‘right’ of industrial action over misunderstanding with government to cause deaths and hardship fr fellow citizens.
In his presentation, the President of Blood Pressure Control Foundation in Nigeria, Dr. Jacob Nwachukwu, who was one of the facilitators, stated that many deaths being recorded in the country are caused by hypertension, diabetes and stress; calling on all Nigerians to imbibe the culture of regular medical check-up exercising very well and taking of drugs prescribed for them religiously.
Another facilitator and consultant cardiologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, who spoke on Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dr. Adeola Ajibare, stated that the humongous amount charged when critical problems leading to admission in Nigeria occurs is enough to make every Nigerian to be health conscious.
He said this was necessary as admission in any Intensive Care Unit in the country costs no less expensive with minimum of N150,000.
