PUTRAJAYA, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has emphasised that a shorter housemanship training period is not intended to tackle the shortage of medical officers but to enhance ...

Ever since a houseman fell to his death at Penang Hospital last month, there have been more and more reports of junior and trainee doctors allegedly being mistreated at their workplace. Accounts such ...

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) graduates of 2021, say they will halt their services on Monday, August 29. According to them, this is to compel the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to address ...

The Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Fatima Kyari, has said the centralised housemanship scheme, initiated by the council in 2021, was introduced ...

The issue of long waits for medical housemanship placements is a long-standing one, with a lack of training hospitals said to be a main reason. Deputy health director-general Dr Azman Abu Bakar has ...

The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria has called on the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, not to exclude pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists from its ...