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DOCTORS DESIRE A BETTER LIFESTYLE – DR. SAHEED

BY LEA EZEKIEL AND EMMANUEL EBOWEME.

Speaking as the chairman of Medical Guide Association of Lagos state Government employed medical doctors (an affiliate of the Nigerian Medical association (NMA) Lagos State branch at the Annual General Meeting 2018 at Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Alausa Ikeja Lagos, Dr. Kehinde Saheed said that doctors desire a better lifestyle as members of the society.

Speaking further Dr Saheed said that the theme of the scientific conference (Maximizing Earning Potentials for Doctor’s in Nigeria and the sub theme one, planning for Retirement: Getting It Right From The Start, And Sub Theme Two, Doctors And Their Health: Focusing On Reducing

Stress To Prevent Depression) had been carefully chosen in order to bring to the fore the potential which existed in their environment for practitioners, within and outside the guild to improving their incomes which inevitably leads to higher quality of a better lifestyle and would automatically reduce the mass exodus of doctors from the country.

Speaking again as the chairman of the medical guild Dr. Saheed in pursuing the noble goal of a better quality of lifestyle for members of the guild that they had also carefully chosen the sub-themes, planning for retirement: Getting it right from the start, as well as doctors and their health: which focuses on the reduction of stress adding that they believed both Sub themes would impact greatly on the lives of the practitioners within and outside the association as both of them were intended to programmatically look into the enhancement of a good and most qualitative of lifestyle of doctors on the long run.

Speaking further as the chairman of the Medical Guild Dr. Saheed said that they hoped that all participants would benefit immensely from the discussions adding that the past year had not been without events, but they remained grateful to the current administration in Lagos State for avoiding the kind of rancorous relationship with what the government had been experiencing in the past. Speaking again to the participants Dr. Saheed said that officers committee had continued to work to ensure that hiccups which came up from time to time were quietly, but, firmly approached and sorted out adding that they had worked to consolidate on the achievements of the immediate pat officers committee including continued regularization of doctors not properly placed at their right grade level ensuring that doctors could undergo residency training while in service and as well as right career progression and promotion for members. Speaking as the guest of honour Mr and Dr. (MRS) Ibijoke Sanwoolu, Dr. (MRS) Sanwoolo who wore two caps on her head, one as the Medical Director of Shomolu General Hospital, Shomolu Lagos and two she represented her husband Babajide Sanwoolu who was on campaign train of All Progressives Congress (APC) and she did say that  the medical Guild Annual General meeting 2018 and its theme and sub theme were really apt and timely adding that the powers that be really got to critically and carefully look into the needs of medical doctors as they too are an integral part of the society that also deserved good and qualitative better lifestyle. She enjoined all the participants to sit back and relax since the Keynote speaker Dr. (MRS) Pamela Ajayi the Managing Director of Synlab Diagnostic centre had the prazzy and crazzy to deliver the Lecture, lucidly and cerebrally to the participants.

Speaking to the participants the one time chairman Medical Guild Lagos State and now  the Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Lagos State branch Dr. Oseni Salua said that the theme and sub themes were carefully chosen by the members of Local Organizing committee  (HOC) adding that the earning potentials of doctors should be programmatically worked out favorably for the practitioners.

He said that the medical practitioners as an integral part of the society desires to be properly taken care of by all the powers that be, be it Federal Government, State Governments, local Government Areas Institutions, Non-Governmental organizations (NGOS).

He called on those handing health care delivery matters to effectively and efficiently Marshall out good working conditions for the practitioners adding that, that would enable the practitioners to function optimally to the patients at various health care facilities.

Speaking as the guest lecturer DR. (MRS) Ajayi did not disappoint the participants with her lucid presentations of the topic Maximizing Earning Potentials For Doctors in Nigeria.

She did employ many models with which she drove home her lectures to the audience and of a truth the participants were treated with high levels of breakthroughs. Handling the sub theme one Director General Lagos State Pension commission Mrs. Folashade Onanuga again treated the medical practitioners of how they really got to start to plan their retirement modules while they were working as an employees of the Federal Government, State governments and Local Government Areas adding that it would be very saddened that after putting 35 years of service or attainment of 60 years old, a practitioner would retire into hopelessness.

Speaking further she said that if the practitioner would retire into hopelessness therefore the entire thirty five years in service would be meaningless  . Speaking further she said that if the practitioners started planning of retirement from the very day  one he or she was employed that on retirement, it would be a joyful voyage. Speaking to the audience with sub theme two Doctors, and Their Health, focusing on reduction stress to Prevent depression, Head of department, psychiatry, Head of department, psychiatry, LASU COM/LASUTH Dr. Olurotimi Coker did not disappoint the audience with his understandable presentation adding that all medical practitioners really got to focus on reducing stress which helps them to prevent depression, because, he noted that any medical practitioner(s) who worked himself or herself to a cracking point or level of falling into depression, that such a medical practitioner(s) would not function optimally to his or her patients in wards and all that.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazine online portal President Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) Dr. Omowunmi Bakare said that the Medical Guild Annual General meeting 2018 and scientific conference came up at a time medical matters had been heavily down played by the powers that be adding that the theme of the Medical said ‘Maximizing Earning Potentials For Doctors in Nigeria) and she says that they have 30 branches of Medical Women Association of Nigeria and that they were 40 years old last year 2017 and that the association would be celebrating her 100 years old at New York City United State of America next year 2019. Medical Guild Annual General Meeting Continues For One Week and would be rounding off with the Gala Night dinner.