FG Bars Medical Graduates from NYSC
The
federal government on Monday in an effort to stamp out quackery and
sub-standard practices in medical practice in the country 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.
SOURCE: DAILYTIMES
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