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Medical expert has listed the following as the major cause of deaths among Nigerians.
Poor diet
Self-medication
Lack of comprehensive medical check-up
Lack of exercise
According to the medical director of SUN Medical Diagnostics, Onitsha, Dr. Paul Lewis, these lists are so essential for the survival of mankind. He said, Nigerians also indulge in self-medication not minding that every drug taken has some effect after.
Many do not undertake comprehensive medical check-up and do not do exercises that will prolong their life, he added.
While lamenting that Nigerians take better care of their automobiles than themselves, Ezeukwu said in an interview to mark one year of the diagnostic centre located within the premises of Onitsha General Hospital that he has also embarked on protests and has started collecting petitions to press home the need for a regulated medical practice in Nigeria.
He said that it was wrong for medical doctors to overact themselves and attend to patients in cases outside their areas of specialization.
The purpose of collecting the petitions among doctors he said, is to use them to confront the Federal Ministry of Health to do the right thing and regulate medical practice both for orthodox medical practitioners and non orthodox alike.
The content of the petitions which medical doctors sign for according to him is: “ I am in support of regulation of medical practice in Nigeria”, and the petition bears the name and phone number of the doctor.
Read more: Daily Independent
Poor diet
Self-medication
Lack of comprehensive medical check-up
Lack of exercise
According to the medical director of SUN Medical Diagnostics, Onitsha, Dr. Paul Lewis, these lists are so essential for the survival of mankind. He said, Nigerians also indulge in self-medication not minding that every drug taken has some effect after.
Many do not undertake comprehensive medical check-up and do not do exercises that will prolong their life, he added.
While lamenting that Nigerians take better care of their automobiles than themselves, Ezeukwu said in an interview to mark one year of the diagnostic centre located within the premises of Onitsha General Hospital that he has also embarked on protests and has started collecting petitions to press home the need for a regulated medical practice in Nigeria.
He said that it was wrong for medical doctors to overact themselves and attend to patients in cases outside their areas of specialization.
The purpose of collecting the petitions among doctors he said, is to use them to confront the Federal Ministry of Health to do the right thing and regulate medical practice both for orthodox medical practitioners and non orthodox alike.
The content of the petitions which medical doctors sign for according to him is: “ I am in support of regulation of medical practice in Nigeria”, and the petition bears the name and phone number of the doctor.
Read more: Daily Independent