COVID-19 not totally eradicated – Prof of Medicine urges Nigerians to be watchful

Solomon Kadiri, a Professor of Medicine, University of Ibadan, connected Thursday, urged Nigerians to beryllium watchful, saying that the COVID-19 microorganism had not been wholly eradicated.

Prof. Solomon Kadiri made this assertion portion delivering a lecture astatine the 43rd Convocation Ceremony of 480 distinguished fellows held astatine the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN), Lagos.

The taxable of the lecture was “A Pandemic, Examination and a Degree.”

He said that though COVID-19 had arrived, it had not wholly gone away.

“The complaint of investigating whitethorn person diminished, but successful immoderate different places, investigating is inactive being carried out, and cases are being diagnosed.

“However, the microorganism appears to person been weakened and we are thankful for that. Nevertheless we should beryllium watchful for determination whitethorn beryllium semipermanent sequelae,” helium said.

NAN reports that a sequelae is defined arsenic immoderate complication oregon information that results from a pre-existing illness, injury, oregon different trauma to the body.

Kadiri recalled that COVID-19 broke retired successful 2019, noting that it was a twelvemonth that lent itself to the nomenclature.

“First appearing successful China, it was not until February 2020 that the archetypal lawsuit was reported successful Nigeria, wherever the fig of reported cases was initially low.

“Worldwide, the numbers exploded, reaching pandemic proportions with the attendant restrictions, isolation and shutdowns.

“Total reported figures successful Nigeria up till aboriginal 2024 were astir 270,000 cases and conscionable implicit 3,000 deaths, but the grade of investigating and detection were not clear,” helium said.

Kadiri asserted that the COVID-19 bequest would apt persist for immoderate time, necessitating vigilance and preparedness.

He stressed that the effects of cistron mutations whitethorn not manifest until decades.

During the convocation, the don stated that the College’s Doctor of Medicine programme was disposable lone to aesculapian doctors, arsenic it is simply a higher world degree.

He said that the grade placed the holder successful an enhanced presumption and provided a competitory advantage.

“It follows successful the enactment of the British-type MD, and not the American-type MD qualification which is the equivalence of our MB BS oregon MB ChB,” helium said.

Kadiri added that the MD programme was inaugurated aft the Senate of the College approved it successful 2021, and by mid-2025, it had go firmly established with 438 holders crossed assorted categories.

“The objectives of the programme are to supply funny individuals with the indispensable knowledge, skills and competencies to relation efficaciously arsenic teachers, researchers and professionals successful the wellness and health-related industry.

“Others are to guarantee that the acquisition of teaching and probe skills successful the signifier of medicine are of planetary champion practice.

“We besides question to nutrient graduates who are susceptible of applying technological cognition and principles to lick quality and biology wellness problems,” helium said.

The donor noted that the duration of the programme was stated to beryllium 4 to six semesters, depending connected the category.

He added that determination were due fees applicable astatine immoderate stages successful the process.

“For the nonmigratory doctors, the MD is chronologically ordered to beryllium completed earlier the introspection successful the objective aspects of the fellowship.

“This is partially successful bid to guarantee the completeness and possibly supremacy of the fellowship.

“There volition besides beryllium a fewer who person not fixed information to the introspection processes oregon the MD grade successful the past decade.

“If determination are, it is clip to bespeak and see incorporating modular mounting into your appraisal process and possibly registry for the MD and promote others to bash arsenic well.

“After a batch of pondering, the signifier of modular mounting was yet introduced into the assemblage and it besides appears to beryllium taking clasp successful immoderate different institutions crossed the country,” helium said.

The don gave recognition to Prof. Ohwovoriole, who, helium said, spearheaded the determination to present modular mounting to the module of Internal Medicine, and perhap...