Heavy weights from the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), have converged in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital in order to provide a roadmap for the health and medical sectors for the incoming administration.
The National Executive Council meeting of the association was aimed at overcoming those challenges militating against the health and medical sectors in the country.
The meeting had as its theme: Providing Quality Healthcare Services in a Scarce Resourced Environment.
“It would be prudent to set the agenda in the health and medical education sectors for the new government at all levels. This NEC will provide resolutions and recommendations that would be handy in engaging the political actors and policy makers on effective strategies for revamping our health care and medical education systems while stemming the tide of massive brain drain in the health sector.
“Furthermore, our current National Officers’ Committee (NOC) is forging ahead with other relevant organizations to overcome the multitude of these challenges, including but not limited to an appropriate remuneration for our members, perennial brain drains, deteriorating standard of medical education, dearth of Infrastructure in our hospitals, and generally, unsatisfactory conditions of service, among other issues.
“This meeting will also provide another opportunity for our association to brainstorm on strategies and policies towards improving the standard of medical education and healthcare delivery”, Victor Makanjuola, MDCAN President stated.
Guest Speaker at the occasion, Professor Musa Dankyau, spoke on the quality of healthcare as part of the theme of the event.
He said one can’t talk about universal health coverage without quality healthcare and that 60 percent of deaths are due to poor quality healthcare.
According to him, providing healthcare services is a challenge once you have a fragile environment.
The meeting is expected to end with a communique which would be issued subsequently.
In attendance are notable personalities such as: President, World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele and President, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Uche Roland Ojinma.
