The
radiographer works nine-hour days and trains at five o'clock in the morning and evening.
The watchdog ruled that Mrs Onoh should carry out at three months of supervised practice with an experienced
radiographer - but has been unable to secure a position to comply with the ruling.
"While we always aim to provide kind and compassionate care, a national shortage of radiologists and
radiographers means we are not always able to do so as quickly as we would like.
Given that current medical practice is evidenced based, a senior lecturer at Department of Medical Radiography, University of Lagos, Dr Livinus Abonyi, has asked Nigerian
radiographers to practice with precision and compassion in their daily dealing with patients.
The majority of the respondents (87.2%; n=41) felt that the decision regarding the type and dose of IVCM to be administered should be the responsibility of the radiologist, whereas 10.6% (n=5) felt that it should be the
radiographer's responsibility.
RICHARD EVANS, chief executive officer, The Society and College of
Radiographers. PHILIP PLANT, chair of the Public and Patient Liaison Group
His colleagues added: "He is a
radiographer who is well known and extremely well thought of across the hospital."
Radiographers are required in large numbers in nursing homes, Students learn about anatomy, physiology and radiation physics as a part of the course hospitals, diagnostic centres and super specialty hospitals.
Workers held a picket outside James Cook University Hospital as the Members of the Society of
Radiographers (SoR) became the latest group to take UK-wide action.
This section considers the legal and professional status of the
radiographer, examining informed consent requirements for practising
radiographers in South Africa.
Mrs Abdalla was registered with the HPC as a
radiographer, having first qualified in 1978.
Days later, Matthew Crabtree, 31, a
radiographer, was found dead at work.