Aggrieved Parents accuse MDCN’ ” of highhandedness” . As 8,000 foreign-trained Nigerian Doctors Are Redundant
The parents of Nigerian graduate foreign trained medical doctors have accused the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) of “highhandedness” in the implementation of the regulations governing the mandatory assessment test conducted by the body.
The aggrieved parents decried what they described as obnoxious the regulation and procedure of certifying foreign trained doctors been adopted by MDCN.
The parents further questioned the transparency of the traditional “assessment examination”, an entrance test required of doctors to scale through MDCN certification, they faulted the incessant mass failure been recorded in the exams by foreign-trained doctors.
Addressing journalists on last week in Kano, Chairman of the coalition, Professor Lukman Diso said despite rigorous training underwent and the sacrifices invested by the parents of the foreign trained doctors, “ it is disheartening the young doctors would still be subjected to undue pressure and systematic extortion by MDCN before registration.
Professor Disco opine that contrary to the operational guidelines of MDCN as contain in the “Registration of Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, CAP M8, 2006, Section 8,11,12 & 14,”, the council has continued to subject the foreign trained Nigerian doctors to unwarranted assessment.
He said MDCN has compelled foreign trained doctors to write what he described as questionable assessment exam couple with the payment of an exorbitant registration fee of N135,000.00, another N200,000.00 charge for hospital attachment and additional N100,000.00 for tutorials.
In his words “the operational guidelines of MDCN clearly declared that Nigerian graduates of accredited foreign medical schools are entitled to provisional registration upon their return to the country to enable them undertake their internship.
“however, Nigerian graduates of an accredited foreign medical schools along those who do not possess recognized qualifications are required to sit and pass Council’s assessment examination before they can be registered.
“under normal circumstances, no condition could warrant NYSC waiver for any one who so wishes. Yet, MDCN denies the doctors to participate in the scheme. This is a clear violation of national law and the doctors’ fundamental rights.
Professor Disco stressed that MDCN has succeeded in making the “assessment exam” a lucrative venture and unconstitutional cash cow business, a development that has continued to rear its ugly head despite several appeals made to concern authorities by the parents of the affected medical graduates.
The parents who are demanding for justice for over 8,000 foreign trained doctors currently stagnated with unwarranted conditions of MDNC, warned against further complication of brain rain in the healthcare section in Nigeria.
The parents of Nigerian graduate foreign trained medical doctors have accused the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) of “highhandedness” in the implementation of the regulations governing the mandatory assessment test conducted by the body.
The aggrieved parents decried what they described as obnoxious the regulation and procedure of certifying foreign trained doctors been adopted by MDCN.
The parents further questioned the transparency of the traditional “assessment examination”, an entrance test required of doctors to scale through MDCN certification, they faulted the incessant mass failure been recorded in the exams by foreign-trained doctors.
Addressing journalists on last week in Kano, Chairman of the coalition, Professor Lukman Diso said despite rigorous training underwent and the sacrifices invested by the parents of the foreign trained doctors, “ it is disheartening the young doctors would still be subjected to undue pressure and systematic extortion by MDCN before registration.
Professor Disco opine that contrary to the operational guidelines of MDCN as contain in the “Registration of Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, CAP M8, 2006, Section 8,11,12 & 14,”, the council has continued to subject the foreign trained Nigerian doctors to unwarranted assessment.
He said MDCN has compelled foreign trained doctors to write what he described as questionable assessment exam couple with the payment of an exorbitant registration fee of N135,000.00, another N200,000.00 charge for hospital attachment and additional N100,000.00 for tutorials.
In his words “the operational guidelines of MDCN clearly declared that Nigerian graduates of accredited foreign medical schools are entitled to provisional registration upon their return to the country to enable them undertake their internship.
“however, Nigerian graduates of an accredited foreign medical schools along those who do not possess recognized qualifications are required to sit and pass Council’s assessment examination before they can be registered.
“under normal circumstances, no condition could warrant NYSC waiver for any one who so wishes. Yet, MDCN denies the doctors to participate in the scheme. This is a clear violation of national law and the doctors’ fundamental rights.
Professor Disco stressed that MDCN has succeeded in making the “assessment exam” a lucrative venture and unconstitutional cash cow business, a development that has continued to rear its ugly head despite several appeals made to concern authorities by the parents of the affected medical graduates.
The parents who are demanding for justice for over 8,000 foreign trained doctors currently stagnated with unwarranted conditions of MDNC, warned against further complication of brain rain in the healthcare section in Nigeria.
