The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association According to the associations, it will be unethical and illegal to President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Francis Faduyile told The Nation:
“Our stand has not changed and we still insist that there is nothing “There are so many things that we need to put into consideration “Our members will look at what is on ground; if we are doing what we “We cannot now precipitously make a decision. We are an Association President of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) Dr. Sokomba Aliyu also said: We wont Allow Any Chinese Doctor attend to our Coronavirus Patients – Nigerian Doctors
“The representatives of the government had stated some days back that “But we have categorically stated that the Chinese can’t attend to “So far, they have also stated that they are not coming to attend to “As it is now, we are going to be watchful and wait for them to see “If they proceed to get them to do whatever it is with our patients,
of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) have announced that they won’t be
allowing the Chinese doctors who just arrived the country to help in the fight against Coronavirus, to touch any of their patients.
allow the 15-man Chinese medical team who have specialties in infectious
disease, respiratory illness, intensive care, cardiology, neurology,
general surgery and anesthesiology to touch or attend to any of their
patients.
that they (Chinese) want to offer that can improve what we have on
ground.
because it is a war affecting ordinary Nigerians, and sometimes you look
at the risk and benefits.
are doing and they (Chinese) do not interfere with us, we will continue
doing what we are doing for Nigerians.
that is bounded by ethics, and rules. In a very short while, you will
hear our decision”
the Chinese experts are coming to donate some personal protective
equipment – ventilators etc. for us. We do not have anything against
people coming to make donations. They also stated that they are coming
to install those ventilators they brought with them, which again we do
not have problems with.
any Nigerian for whatever reason because this is unethical and illegal.
The Chinese do not have the license to practice in Nigeria. And we do
not need their hands as we are not overwhelmed and can take care of our
patients.
patients, so we cannot say categorically if their words are anything to
go by. While they have gone ahead to welcome the Chinese, we are hopeful
that the Chinese will have nothing to do with our patients because if
they proceed to involve the Chinese in the management of our patients,
we will just leave the patients for the Chinese to continue managing.
how far they are engaging the Chinese, and to what extent they are going
to be managing our patients.
then, we will just let them have the patients and whatever comes out of
it will be squarely traceable to the Chinese involvement in the
management of our patients”.
We Won’t Allow Any Chinese Doctor attend to our Coronavirus Patients – Nigerian Doctors
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