Prospective Interns/House Officers Association of Nigeria (PIHAN)
Medical doctors, pharmacists, and medical laboratory scientists are wasting away years at home due to difficulty in getting internship placements. Please kindly post this call for action to bring wider attention to their plight. It's mandatory that fresh medical graduates embark on 12months uninterrupted housemanship/internship in various approved hospitals within Nigeria. However due to high number of medical graduates, few number of hospitals approved plus some shady activities of some Chief medical directors of various hospitals, many new interns find it virtually impossible to get placements. This has lead to large number of medical doctors, pharmacists and laboratory scientists staying at home for over two years (the time-limit for provisional licence) without getting placement. Regulatory organizations have abandoned these group of people including the MDCN, PSN and MLSCN especially after collecting exorbitant dues. It must be noted that not only medical doctors are affected by this developments. Also pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists, radiographers and physiotherapy graduates are affected too. There should be a regulated and efficient method for internship placements in Nigeria.
Medical doctors, pharmacists, and medical laboratory scientists are wasting away years at home due to difficulty in getting internship placements. Please kindly post this call for action to bring wider attention to their plight. It's mandatory that fresh medical graduates embark on 12months uninterrupted housemanship/internship in various approved hospitals within Nigeria. However due to high number of medical graduates, few number of hospitals approved plus some shady activities of some Chief medical directors of various hospitals, many new interns find it virtually impossible to get placements. This has lead to large number of medical doctors, pharmacists and laboratory scientists staying at home for over two years (the time-limit for provisional licence) without getting placement. Regulatory organizations have abandoned these group of people including the MDCN, PSN and MLSCN especially after collecting exorbitant dues. It must be noted that not only medical doctors are affected by this developments. Also pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists, radiographers and physiotherapy graduates are affected too. There should be a regulated and efficient method for internship placements in Nigeria.
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