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The Nigerian Medical Association and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives have unanimously resolved to adopt in its entirety a report of its inter-professional harmony committee set up to look into matters of professional disharmony in the health sector. According to a communiqué signed by the national leaders of both associations, the decision was arrived at after a careful deliberation of the report submitted by its joint committee. The move is part of both associations continued effort to bring the long standing rivalry among health workers to an end. You will recall that in January 2019, the associations had met and set up an inter-professional harmony committee to investigate the strained relationship between doctors and nurses and develop viable solutions to end the crisis. Several months after due investigations and negotiations, the committee have arrived at resolutions that will hopefully bring an end to the age long impasse in the sector. The national bodi...

Contrary to the rumor making the rounds that some suspected and remanded employees of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu (FNHE) had a hand in the murder of Nurse Maria Amadi (PhD), emerging information reveals that the abominable act might have been committed by armed robbers. The information was availed by Evangelist Tochukwu Obiora (alias Iko Nso), who disclosed he is the Assistant State Commander of Enugu State Neighborhood Watch, to the University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), the professional association of nurses with a minimum qualification of first degree in nursing. UGONSA has been urging those with useful information regarding the gruesome murder of the late nurse to come forth with such for the interest of justice to the late nurse and the entire nursing community. The Enugu State Secretary of the Association (UGONSA), Nurse Nwodoh Chijioke Oliver in the company of the National Secretary, Nurse Nshi Goodluck Ikechukwu, had visited Evangelist Tochukw...

A lawyer to Mr. Afam Ndu, one of the suspects being detained over the murder of Mrs. Maria Amadi, a senior staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Barr. JMCC Ogbuka has come with fresh issues as the security operatives continue in their push to crack those behind the killing. Daily Post reports that Mrs. Amadi, from Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, was murdered in front of her house at Trans-Ekulu Area of the State at the close of work. Ndu, a senior staff of the same hospital, was remanded alongside two other officials of the hospital over the murder. There were reports that before the deceased died she mentioned the suspects, including four others who at large as being the masterminds of the shooting incident. All the suspects work in the same hospital with the deceased, Amadi. While the deceased was the head of nursing services, Mr. Ndu is the Vice principal, school of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing of the Hospital. The principal of the school, ...