The once peaceful atmosphere enjoyed at the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, seems to have been corrupted as the association is battling with a crisis that might tear it apart without sympathy. At the recently concluded annual state chapter election conducted by the doctors’ body in Nigeria, two factions emerged and…
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Diabetes Killed 40,000 Nigerians In 2015—NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, says statistics has shown that over 1.6 million Nigerians who are living under the scourge of diabetes have constituted a national prevalence of 1.9 per cent who spend up to N53, 000 annually for their treatment, and this mainly is an out-of-pocket expenditure. The medical body in Nigeria made this…
Saraki Meets Nigerian Doctors
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, September 17, 2015, met with members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. The doctors, led by their president, Kayode Obembe, expressed joy in Saraki’s leadership style in the National Assembly and urged for more support of the lawmakers in growing the…