Is MRI done in Nigeria? Where can MRI be done in Nigeria? What is the price/cost of MRI scan in Nigeria? These nagging questions will be answered in this article but before we proceed, you need to know the following about the MRI…..

MRI means Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

It was developed in the 1970 and 1980s.

It is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and physiological processes of the body both in health and in diseases.

It uses the principle of magnetic fields to generate images of the organs of the body.

The MRI is a very expensive machine both in purchase and in maintenance.

The cost of an MRI machine ranges for $1.2m to $3m

It is safer than x-rays and CT scans as it does not expose the body to radiations.

There are very few MRI machines in Nigeria.

Only the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) in Oghara and the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan are the government owned hospitals with MRI in Nigeria.

Most of the MRI scans in Nigeria are done by privately owned diagnostic centres located in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Benin city, Kaduna etc.

The cost of MRI scan in Nigeria was once too expensive but it is becoming more affordable now because of competition.

In Nigeria, the National Health Insurance Scheme do not cover MRI scan.

MRI is not a routine diagnostic tool. Your doctor will most times request for an MRI in cases of suspected brain tumor (head scan) and in cases of back pain especially low back pain. It is also used to follow up patients.

MRI scan is contraindicated(not allowed) in some persons such as patients with cardiac pacemakers, cochlear implants shrapnels and metallic foreign bodies. This is because the MRI is a magnetic device as it will interfere with the function of these implants . Typical example is the cardiac pacemakers.

Where to do MRI scan in Nigeria? What is the cost of MRI scan in Nigeria?

MRI machines are not very common in Nigeria. The scan is mainly done in major city centres.

I am going to list out common MRI scan centres in Nigeria, their addresses, phone numbers and their price lists.

MRI in Lagos

1) Foremost Radiology Consultants Ltd

Plot 50/54, Ogulana Drive, Surulere, Lagos.

Phone Number: 08062392299.

Cost of MRI in Foremost Consultants Ltd

Cranial MRI is 65,000naira

Cervical spine MRI is 58,000naira.

Thoracic spine MRI is 55,000naira.

Lumbosacral MRI is 53,000naira

Full Body MRI is 800,000naira.

2. Medpack Diagnostics

81, Itire Road, by Ogunlana drive

Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.

07063842663

Below is the cost of MRI in Medpack Diagnostics:

Cranial MRI is 75, 000naira.

Cervical spine MRI is 65,000 naira

Thoracic spine MRI is 58,000naira

Lumbar spine MRI is 57,000naira

Whole body MRI is 320,000naira.

3. Clinix Healthcare

Ilupeju branch

Plot B, Block xii, Alhaji Adejumo Avenue, Off Ggbagada Oshodi Express Way

Beside Total Filling Station, Anthony, Lagos, Nigeria.

Phone Number: 07089855022

Festac Branch

6, Ago Palace Way, by Apple Junction,

Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.

07066292943

Agbara Branch

Mary Abike House Opposite Desholly

Odofa Bus stop, Badagry Express road,

Morogbo, Agbara, Lagos.

Price of MRI in Clinix Hospital, Lagos

Cranial MRI = #50,000

Cervical MRI= #50,000

Thoracic MRI= #50,0000

Lumbosacral MRI= #50,000

Whole body MRI= #350,000

4. Cedacrest Hospitals

25A, Abayomi Street

Victoria Island, Lagos

08095157914

Price of MRI scan in Cedacrest is 87,000naira.

5. Mecure Health Limited

Niyi Okunubi street, Lekki phase one ( opposite Mainstreet Bank),

Lekki, Lagos.

09034367072

MRI scan cost in Mecure is 80,000naira.

This is an MRI machine.

Image Credit: Pixabay

MRI scan centre in Benin City

1. Lily Hospital

17, Edo-Osagie street,

GRA, Benin-city.

08113690592

Cost of MRI in Lily Hospital

Cranial MRI is 85,000naira

Cervical spine MRI is 75,000naira

Thoracic spine MRI is 85,000naira

Lumbosacral spine MRI is 65,000naira

Whole body MRI is 220,000naira.

2. Benin Medical Care…, Adesuwa

3. Raytouch Diagnostic Centre just acquired their MRI machine and you can do MRI scan there now.

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MRI scan in Delta State

1. Delta State University Teaching Hospital

Otefe Road Oghara, Ethiope West, Delta, Nigeria.

Cost of MRI in DELSUTH

Cranial MRI is 78,000naira

Cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral MRI is 70,000naira each.

Whole body MRI scan is 250,000naira.

2. St Luke’s Hospital, Asaba

3. Lily Hospitals Limited Warri

4. Government owned, Mother and Child Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Owa – Alero, Agbor have an MRI machine and offers affordable prices for MRI scan

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MRI in Abuja

1. Lifebridge Medical Diagnostic Centre

15A, Yauri Street Garki 2, Abuja, Nigeria.

MRI cost in Lifebridge is 85,000naira.

2. Cedacrest Hospitals

2, Sam Mbakwe Street,

Gudu District, Abuja.

08095157914.

MRI Cost is 97,000naira.

3. Alliance Hospital

No. 5 Malumfashi Close, Off Emeka Anyaoku Street, Area 11, Garki, F.C.T, Abuja.

MRI cost: Cranial (Brain) MRI is #85,000

Cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral MRI is #79,000 each.

4. National Hospital Abuja

Cost of mri in National hospital Abuja is #65,000 naira for brain scan….

Cervical, Thoracic, lumbosacral spine MRI cost about #50,000 naira

5. Nisa Premier Hospital

Has a MRI machine now. Their prices are affordable…check them out.

MRI in Ibadan

University College Hospital

Layi Ayanniyi Street, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

UCH, does MRI for 73,000naira.

MRI in Port Harcourt

1. Pyramids Diagnostic Services

Sonia Mall, YKC junction

42, Woji Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

0907128057

Price of MRI scan in Pyramids Diagnostic is #90,000.

2. Image Diagnostics

Omaduma Street, off Elegbam Road

500272, Port Harcourt

08123129893.

How much is MRI scan at Image Diagnostics? It is 85,000naira.

3. Biosystems Medical Diagnostics

49, Tomboy Street, GRA

Phase 2, Port Harcourt.

08091530000.

Cost of MRI scan at this facility is around 84,000 naira.

MRI in Enugu South-East Nigeria

Memphys Hospital for Neurosurgery. Privately owned by the MD/Founder of Memfys Hospital, Emeritus Prof. S.C Ohaegbulam (NNOM). They Hospital just acquired and installed the new 1.5 Tesla MRI matchine(GE,16 Channels Signa Explorer). Now fully operative and functional.

Located at Plot 13, KM2 Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Pocket Layout, Enugu

Phone number: 0806 715 7635

Memphys hospital in Enugu is the only centre in the whole of South East Nigeria with an MRI machine. Check out their pricelist for MRI below

Cranial MRI is 85,000naira

Cervical spine MRI is 75,000naira

Thoracic spine MRI is 78,000naira

Lumbosacral spine MRI is 77,000naira

Whole body MRI is 350,000naira.

Please do call these centres to find out their present cost for MRI scan as prices do change. This will enable you prepare your mind and save you unnecessary stress.

I hope this article on the cost of MRI scan in Nigeria among other things was useful? Feel free to add any MRI centres you know in Nigeria in the comments section. Thank you.

This article has been updated to include the recent prices and to include new centres with MRI.

Read more on MRI from Wikipedia

Updated NYSC Corper Nurses Salary & Allowances in all the 36 States of Nigeria, How much are nurses paid during NYSC?

Yours sincerely, Nimedhealth, has decided to look into the salary and allowances of NYSC corper nurses this morning. Just as corper doctors, BSC Corper nurses are an integral part of the health care in Nigeria… NYSC nurses while in camp are responsible for running and taking care of patients /sick Corpers in camp clinic.

Corper nurses work hand-in-hand with corper doctors, corper pharmacists, corper physiotherapists, corper lab scientists, staff health workers etc to take care of the health of fellow Corp members. Apart from running camp clinic, corper nurses administer first aid, give medications, do wound dressing, and even administer vaccines to prevent epidemics in camp.

After the 3 weeks camping, corper nurses are posted to their places of primary assignment across all government approved health centres, big pharmacies, teaching hospitals, general hospitals, big laboratories, health research centres, sick bays in schools and so on..

Now let NIMEDHEALTH talk about the salary of NYSC corper nurses and allowances… How much are corper nurses paid in Nigeria?

Due to the now increased minimum wage, we all know that the Federal Government (FG) now pays every serving Corps member including doctors, nurses, pharmacists,and pharmacists the sum of N33,000 as monthly allowance. So, any other amount added to this figure has nothing to do with FG.

Also, you should know that NYSC Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-related Corpers are being paid higher than others.

Now, the question is, who pay them since FG pays equal allowance to all Corps members?

The answer is straight forward, Corper nurses, doctors, medical lab scientists and corper pharmacists receive a relatively “juicy” state or PPA allowance for essential services rendered aside the normal N77,000 Naira allowance from the federal government.

The reason for this is simple, the NYSC Medical corps members work more in taking care of the sick and they are exposed to higher risk of contracting deadly diseases – as we speak, in the midst of a global pandemic of coronavirus, NYSC corper doctors and nurses are still out there taking care of the sick.

There are some health Corp members that had have contracted deadly disease in the past and even died in their line of service. So, they deserve to be treated well and paid better… especially for nurses and doctors.

Updated NYSC Corper Nurses Salary in all the 36 States of Nigeria

Below is how much corper nurses are being paid as painstakingly compiled by nimedhealth;

1. Abia state (NYSC nurses are paid around 55k – 65k in the state hospitals and 60k @ FMC Umuahia).

2. Akwa Ibom state (State N80,000, Teaching Hospital N70,000)

3. Bayelsa state (State N70,000, Federal Medical Centre N89,000)

4. Delta state (States N55,000 Federal Medical Centre 65,000)…Delta state pays nurses and doctors all their allawee at the end of service year.

5. Borno state (State hospital pay NYSC nurses N70,000, Federal Neuropsychiatry hospital N90,000, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital N100,000)

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6. Kwara state (State N74,000, Teaching Hospital N70,000)

7. Ebonyi state (State N40,000 for Corper nurses)

8. Anambra State (State N40,000, Teaching Hospital N45,000)

9. Oyo state(State N30,000, UCH pays corper nurses #40,000)

10. Katsina State (States N44,000 FMC katsina pays NYSC nurses N50,000)

11. Ondo State (Corper nurses are paid from N60,000 to N80,000 (FMC Owo) ).

12. Kano ( NYSC nurses earn aroumd N40,000 -N50,000)

13. Gombe (State N45,000*, Federal university clinic N53,000)

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14. Ekiti state pays Corper nurses N30,000

15. Benue state (between N55,000 and N72,000)

16. Imo State (IMO state poly N35,000. Nekede poly N40,000. State facilities N40,000)

17. Lagos State (between N45,000 and N60,000 are paid to corper nurses)

18. Kogi (From N61,000 to N70,000 are paid to NYSC nurses, FMC Lokoja pays corper nurses #45,000)

19. Ogun pays NYSC nurses between N34,000 and N40,000. FMC Abeokuta pays NYSC corper nurses #47,000 Naira.

20. Jigawa (State N26,800, Dutse Genaral Hospital N60,00, Teaching Hospital/FMC N70,000, government clinic N28,000, college of education N55,000, Gumel General Hospital N50,000 to NYSC nurses)

21. Kaduna (State from N68,000 and N63,000 are paid to corper nurses)

22. Sokoto (State 55,000, Barrack hospital N63,000 to NYSC nurses).

23. Abuja (corper nurses are paid around N60,000 – N80,0000 in Abuja depending on the health facility you are working)

24. BAUCHI pays NYSC nurses around 53k

25. Rivers: Corpers nurses in Rivers state are paid about N68,000 by the state government.. In University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, nysc nurses earn close to 80k

26. Niger state pays corper nurses between #50,000 – #67,000 Naira.

27. In Adamawa, NYSC nurses are paid #50,000. FMC Yola pays corper nurses #70,000

28. Yobe state pays corper nurses #80,000 Naira

29. Kebbi state pays corper nurses about #60,000 Naira.

30. Enugu pays corper nurses #40,000. UNTH pays NYSC nurses #50,000

31. Edo State pays NYSC nurses #60,000 Naira, UBTH pays corper nurses #60,000, Irrua teaching hospital pays NYSC nurses 65k

32. Nasarawa pays corper nurses 49k.. FMC Keffi pays NYSC nurses 65k

33. Osun state pays corper nurses between #40,000 -#57,000 Naira. OAUTH pays NYSC corper nurses #44,000

34. Cross Rivers pays NYSC nurses between 40k – 43k. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) pays NYSC corper nurses #46,000

35. Taraba pays corper nurses 50k

36. Plateau state pays corper nurses #60,000 Naira… JUTH pays corper nurses #66k

37. Zamfara pays corper nurses about #65,000 …FMC Gusau pays NYSC nurses 77k

PS: The values quoted here was well researched by NIMEDHEALTH. However, they are not casted in stone as these salaries quoted may change with time to cope with economic realities.

This article on corper nurses allawee was compiled by Dr Udomoh, corper nurses in the 36 states and FCT, and Post NYSC nurses for NIMEDHEALTH .

Resident doctors salary structure in Nigeria – how much are they paid?

A resident doctor is a medical graduate working and living within the premises of a teaching hospital or federal medical centres. He handles emergencies in the hospitals before the arrival of the consultant.

Resident doctors, together with the house officers, are the life wire of any teaching hospital or federal medical centre. Residency is a medical or surgical training programme that you must undergo to become a certified specialist (consultant). Depending on the specialty, residency takes between 5 – 6 years. All things being equal, the dream of every resident/doctor is to become a consultant/specialist.

Prerequisite for becoming a resident doctor

As earlier mentioned, residency is a training programme for medical doctors or dentists to become consultants. But first you have to be a medical graduate from any one our accredited universities in Nigeria or equivalent medical schools abroad.

Secondly, you must have done your mandatory one year internship/housemanship and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) or have an exemption letter. Finally, you must pass the compulsory National or West Africa primaries (more like entrance exams) before you will be considered eligible for training in any teaching hospital or federal medical centre.

Types of resident doctors

1. Based on specialty: There is the medical residents, surgical residents, radiology residents, family medicine residents, Obstetrics and Gynaecolgy residents, dental, community health resident doctors and pediatric residents. It could be more but these are the common training programmes in Nigeria.

2. Based on seniority: Here we have the junior resident (junior reg or simply reg) and the senior resident (SR). The senior residents receive higher salaries that the junior reg but have the same salary structure. Please note that if a junior reg passes a series of exams called part 1 during training, she/he becomes a Senior Reg while when the SR passes part 2, she/he becomes a consultant (specialist). Their pay rises as they climb the civil service ladder.

It is now time to take about how much a resident doctor earns in Nigeria

Salary Structure of resident doctors in Nigeria

Resident doctors use the CONMESS salary structure. Entry level for residency is registrar 2 who gets about #315,000 naira after tax (take home) with the addition of the new hazard allowance. He/she becomes registrar 1, who now takes home about #430,000 after tax. After 36 months (3 years) and passing Part 1, a junior registrar is elevated to a Senior registrar and Senior Registrar earns between #500,000 – #600,000 after tax deductions. These salaries stated here may be more and this depends on the character of the Chief Medical Director (of the particular hospital) and Associations who are now notorious for unconstitutional and unexplained deductions of doctors monthly wages.

Please be informed that deductions from pension and gratuity and housing mortgage which is now a norm in many teaching hospitals and Federal Medical Centres (constitutional too) will further reduce the take home pay for residents.

Apart from their basic monthly salary, resident doctors have access (supposedly) to other allowances and bonuses which have been highlighted below:

Call duty allowance: This is an allowance paid to medical and dental doctors in federal and state hospitals and clinics. It is earned when the doctors does a call based on the hospital’s call duty roster.

Non-clinical duty allowance: This is paid to doctors that render health-related services at the Federal Ministry of Health or other related Federal Health institutions.

Clinical Duty Allowance: This is an extra allowance which is paid to consultants/senior registrars that are also employed as academic staff in the university in addtion to the clinical service they render at the teaching hospital

Teaching Allowance: This allowance is paid to medical and dental officers in Federal Government parastatals that are engaged in teaching medical students, house officers medical doctors in the lower cadre and other health professionals (student nurses and paramedics) in teaching hospitals and federal medical centres.

Hazard allowance: This is payable to all medical and dental officers due to the risk associated with the profession. Painfully, it used to be a meagre #5,000 naira…the Buhari administration has now increased it to 40,000 naira and it has been implemented as doctors and other health workers have started receiving alerts of the new implemented hazard allowance of #40,000

Rural posting allowance: This is for some doctors who sacrifice the comfort of the urban cities to work in rural communities. There’s also an allowance that comes with this duty that is paid by the Federal Government. Because of this, rural doctors somewhat earn more than city doctors. Unfortunately, CMDs always fail to pay this allowance.

Skipping allowance: An allowance that have caused protracted litigations and industrial action between the federal government and national association of resident doctors (NARD). Finally approved in 2016, money is released yearly to clear the backlog, payment have started in earnest, but some hospitals are still defaulting

Be aware that most residents take up side jobs in private hospitals in order to augment their salaries. It is now a norm.

PS: The increase in the minimum wage from #18,000 to #33,000 which has been fully implemented by the federal government as well as some state governments will further increase the salary of resident doctors howbeit, a 6 percent increase.

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