The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has been urged to conduct a training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners with 10 years experience and above.
This was part of the resolution adopted by the Association of Physicians of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (APCAM) at a meeting in Ikeja, Lagos, following the resolution of the crisis rocking the group.
The crisis was resolved by Health Minister Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja.
Briefing his colleagues on the outcome of the meeting, a Chiropractor, Prof Magnus Atilade, said it was gladdening that the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FEDCAM) would soon be reopened, adding: “ The World Health Organisation (WHO) would soon send a document stating the requirements for setting up and running a standard college of complementary and alternative medicine to the Federal Government as requested by it.”
The stakeholders comprising members of APCAM; National Complementary and Alternative Medicine Association (NACAMA); All Nigeria Homeopathic Medical Association (ANHMA) and a representative of MDCN, Dr Victor Gbenro resolved that there were need to upgrade practitioners’ training beforere registration by the MDCN using the Grand father clause.
They resolved that Atilade should be CAM’s leader and spokesman.
It was also agreed that the following practitioners should be on CAM’s board: Atilade, Dr Olufemi Bankole, Dr Titi Oduye, Dr Peter Kachi, Dr Bade Adewale, Prof Osmond Onyeka, Prof Joseph Akpa, Dr Idowu Ogunkoya, Dr Celestine Dike, Dr Henry Nwachukwu and Dr Amadi Godspower. The group said Akpa should be registered by MDCN unconditionally.
The ministerial committee to push CAM’s re-opening, the group said, shall comprise Atilade as Chairman, Oduye, secretary, Kachi, Bankole and Adewale, members.
Atilade (Manipulative Medicine/Chiropractor); Bankole (Osteopath); Kachi (Homeopath); Oduye (Naturopath); Adewale (Acupuncurist) each representing the basic disciplines in CAM were selected to implement the resolution.
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LAGOS: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
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