Liberian China-Trained Doctors Unfit Dr. Slewion Warns Against Their Assignment

The Director of Liberia’s National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) Dr. Michael Slewion is calling on the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) not to incorporate Liberians-China trained medical doctors, because they are not up to the task.
In an interview with this paper yesterday, Dr. Slewion challenged the LMDC to conduct a thorough review of all the credentials of Liberians-China trained doctors prior to their assignment.
According to him, his office was informed that a number of Chinese health centers denied Liberian medical doctors the opportunity to practice on grounds that the Chinese institutions that trained them were quack.
Stressing the need to conduct proper research about scholarship beneficiaries and institutions they may be about to enroll at, the NCHE boss urged government to begin liaising with his office so as to have a unique vetting process. Read more...