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SKIPPING OF GRADE LEVEL 12 The Ministry of Health has issued a circular stating that contrary to what was hitherto obtained, where all other staff of the Ministry skipped a grade level at some point in their careers[...]

  INTRODUCTION After trying hard to avoid putting pen to paper to express the bottled up emotions inside me, a news item on a national TV station has finally pushed me over the edge to try to explain to whosoe[...]

  9. THE POSITION OF CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR/MEDICAL DIRECTOR:  It is laughable to hear NMA say that the position is sacrosanct. One wonders if medical practitioners think they are the only one that is med[...]