Thursday, 9 June 2016

There is nothing wrong for the president’s personal physician to recommend Buhari to travel overseas for medical attention– According to Ogrima MMA president



Mike Ogrima, the president of the Nigeria Medical Association, said there are 250 TNC surgeon doctors all over Nigeria, capable of handling the health challenge President Buhari is being faced with,



According to Ogrima, there is nothing wrong for the president’s personal physician to recommend Buhari to travel overseas for medical attention
However, he said that most hospitals in the country lacked basic facilities to carry out the treatment Mike Ogrima, the president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). On Monday, June 6, the president left Nigeria for United Kingdom where he is billed to see an ear, nose and throat specialist to treat an ear infection. president Buhari has come under fire following his medical trip, especially after his government barred officials from similar trips, except for cases that cannot be handled in Nigeria. Ogrima, a professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria,(ABU) said that Nigerian medical personnel could handle the president’s health challenge. The NMA president stated this on Thursday, June 9, while briefing journalists in Jos,

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