LETTER TO THE MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COUNCIL OF NIGERIA


Dear Registrar,

Solution to the conflict between Med Lab technician and Med lab Scientist

It is crystal clear that the scientists and technicians are not on good terms, the technician doesn't participate in any council program because they aren't carried along, and the technicians have been very ridiculed and looked down at which is a problem and anguish to the technician. 

Even on-field and benchwork, the way technicians have been treated with frivolity are quite alarming, and it ought to be looked into.

  Professions such as pharmacy, nursing, and dental place so much significance on their junior cadre way more than the Med lab Scientists placed on technicians and assistants. 

The Technicians have asked for the upgrade of their certificate to HND standard so that they can be referred to as Medical laboratory Technologists but till downs time the council is still denying the technicians of their request.

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Most technicians apply for Direct Entry into the universities to upgrade to BMLS but universities resist their admission, they rather admit their JUPEB or IJMB students than the technicians. A handful of them even admitted Bsc microbiology, biochemistry, and HND SLT  to BMLS programme instead of Medical lab technician. In all honesty, they are rendering the technician's certificate useless.

Dear Registrar, with all due respect, these are my suggestions sir:

I'll advise the council to cancel and stop the medical laboratory technician program in all schools of health. 

Give all individuals with technician certificates 10 to 15 years  to upgrade their certificates to BMLS

Partner or affiliate with the National Open University just as the nursing profession did.

National Open University can be accessed in all 36 states of the federation and its capital

Holders of Technicians certificate should only be admitted to the BMLS program in the National Open University just as Registered nurses (RN) are the only ones admitted to nursing science in the national open University. 

Within a space of 10 to 15years all technicians would have upgraded to BMLS and there won't exist any conflict or discrimination between MLS and MLT.

Standardized the training of Phlebotomists and if possible let them have their council and board.

Stop technician program now if you have no future for them

If you can't give us HND, please give us BMLS with ease

You've done it for the Associate, you can do it for Technicians.

Yours Truly,
Vice Chairman
Young Medical Laboratory Technician Union (YMLTU)

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