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MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
TRENDS IN THE
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES IN NIGERIA
Definition: A safe injection is the one that does not harm
the recipient, does not expose the provider to any avoidable
risk and does not result in any waste that is dangerous to
other people or community.
Background:
Nigeria is the 6th largest exporter of crude oil
in the world. It has an estimated population of 140million
people with over 70% of them living in poverty. The major
mode of transport in Nigeria is road transport. Thus
strategic planning is required to properly manage expected
cases of road traffic injuries arising from our roads.
Institutional Trends:
Zero level:
This was the period of colonial rule. Management of RTls was
essentially in the hands of the foreign colonizing powers,
Initial Level:
Early local management of RTI victims was concentrated in
the larger University Teaching Hospital centres of Ibadan,
Lagos, Zaria, Enugu etc.
Later, other centres developed in skilled manpower and
infrastructure to enable proper care of these injuries.
These include various federal medical centres across the
country, state teaching hospitals like those of Lagos and
Osogbo as well as some state general hospitals. Trends in
Management:
LAND ACQUISITION SCHEME
The
permanent site of UITH Ilorin was commissioned by the former
president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in May, 2007 and this
informed the decision of the SEC members of NMA Kwara to
acquire parcels of land for her members close to the
permanent site of the Teaching Hospital. This is meant to
ensure that the landed properties are bestowed on her
members close to the "potential center of attraction" in the
not-too-distant future....
NMA KWARA MEMBERSHIP LOAN SCHEME
The
NMA Kwara SEC inaugurated a Nine-man committee early last
year to work out a modality for packaging loan for members
through a suitable commercial bank at the most favorable
rate achievable. Six (6) leading commercial banks made
presentations to the committee, to the SEC and later at the
OGM. Eventually UBA Plc with its team of young, dedicated
and hardworking staff had an edge.
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The present
Executives of the NMA Kwara State branch were elected in to
office on July 19th,2008. It is stating the obvious that, in
the last one year, our association has recorded
unprecedented achievements in recent times. Let me seize
your attention as I take you through a year journey of
countless success stories in the area of structural
facelift, closeness to the State Government, successful
tackling of challenges from the UBA loan facility lor
members and sustenance of the achievements of the last
executives. 