The Nigerian Radiographers/Imaging Scientist Petition Against Medical Doctor Obnoxious Bill
The Nigerian Radiographers/Imaging scientists have reacted to one of OBNOXIOUS BILL - National council of Radiology and Radiation Medicine" sponsored by one Hon. Dr. Patrick Asadu of Igboeze constituency, Enugu state. This bill is obnoxious as it is meant to enslave and ridicule Medical Radiographers forever. They said Radiography is a profession, while Radiology is not. Radiology is a specialisation, an arm of medicine. Their regulatory body is Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN. Radiographers are Registered, Regulated, Controlled and Monitored by Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, (RRBN). All other subspecialties (with the exception of radiology) as enumerated on the bill are also under the control of RRBN Radiologists cannot have two regulatory bodies neither can Radiographers. Moreover, one can not put the cart before the horse. Its unimaginable for a specialty to Regulate a profession. A radiologist who refuses to be registered with Medical and D...