Fatoumatta: The ongoing resident doctors strike in the country has taken a new dimension with doctors taking to social networking sites to air their grievances. In the process they have forged a discussion in the new information spaces and rallied support for their actions. Doctors have taken to social media[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Resident Doctors And The Hippocratic Oath Vs The Gov’t
Fatoumatta: One criticism of the members of the Association of Resident Doctors strike has been that doctors are bound to a set of responsibilities under the Hippocratic Oath, and that their work is a “calling”. Health workers have countered this by arguing that they have responsibilities, but that they also[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia’s Media Must Not Be Deferential To Authority, Intolerant Of Contrarian Views
These are not good times for the Gambian media. Most people I know have formed an irrevocable impression that it’s become pusillanimous. Where once newspapers, radio stations boasted of challenging and exposing the government, we now flinch from doing so. Worse, when our voices are raised it’s against the government’s[Read More…]
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