NYSC get it Right, NMA Is A Professional Association Not Regulatory Agency.

NMA IS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT REGULATORY AGENCY NYSC GET IT RIGHT

Just like Pharmaceutiacal Society of Nigeria(PSN), Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria (AMLSN)etc, so also NMA.I just read it at the twitter handle of National Youth Service Corps that each Medical certificate /fitness most be accompanied with NMA stamp....."just to curb quackery ....."

My questions to NYSC are as follows:
I. Where can I get NMA hospital NOT Federal, State or Any other Primary health care in this country?

II. Is the NMA responsible for the medical check up OR the hospitals?

Iii. Is the stamp from respective hospital managenents not enough ?

Iv. What really NMA members contributes in medical report/fitness
If we really know the answers to above questions I wonder if NYSC is not promoting Quackery rather than trying to Checkmate it because out of morthern 10 different investigations, non of them is been done by NMA member rather other medical professionals

All tests eg HbsAg, Genotype, Urine/stool analysis, Hb, PCV, HCV, TB etc are done and signed by qualified Medical Laboratory Scientists
X-rays and visual test are carried out by Radiographers and Optometrist respectively...
So in these case, What NYSC are they really telling us, is this not promoting quackery by accepting a signed document from the person who is not qualified and liecensed to carried it out?
Similarly, it will be a rediculous if a memeber of particular profession can sign a the document, it means that there will be no authentication, and the members might be deciding to accept or demand something and the aim is totally defeated.

THE WAY FORWARD
1.That Hospital Managements should be and the only way to get medical report/fitness as it comprises the input of different Health professionals

2. If any body most stamp it should be regulatory body Eg Medical laboratory Science Council of Nigeria(MLSCN) Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) etc not professional association who are not affiliate to any government parataltas.

3.If any Professional Association has to Sign, it should be of equal proportion by signing what your respective profession contribute
Finally I hope that the Government, NYSC and Other respective profession involve will figure out a workable solution to avoid any further rediculous way of fighting quackery.
ADAMU.