In an
effort to stamp out quackery and untoward practices in medical practice
in the country, the federal government on Monday barred all graduates
of medicine from participating in the mandatory National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) until they have been qualified as medical doctors and have
secured practice licence from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
(MDCN).
The
move came amid several complaints about the level of quackery displayed
by some of the Youth Corps members posted mostly to rural areas to
provide medical services.
The
Registrar/Chief Executive of MDCN, Dr. Abdulmumini Ibrahim, who read the
decision during a press briefing on Monday in Abuja explained that the
council took the decision following series of complaints by the NYSC
management that all manners of persons parading themselves as medical
doctors have become desperate to proceed on service.
"There
has been increasing number of personal non-grata people who are not
trained impersonating as medical doctor. The NYSC has inundated us with
complaints. Those who have completed their one year internship have been
given certificates. Most corpers are sent to rural areas. They can only
go to service upon presentation of their practice license", he stated.
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