Do we really need to have this conversation? Isn't it simply immodest? Is our position understood by the public? How are we perceived by the court of public opinion? Ain't we just a bunch of do no good egomaniacs with overbloated sense of entitlement? I had tried to resist joining the fray in the conversation between Medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association and the paramedical and allied professionals grouped together as JOHESU, the Joint Health staff Union. I however became constrained after asking myself the foregone questions. Indeed, opportunities to provide some perspective and insight are too golden to let slip by. Posterity, and indeed the profession would not judge us kindly if we are silent in these troubling times. I quickly make open my affiliation to the Nigeria Medical Association as a member of about ten years standing. Equally, do I readily admit to the myriad of problems in Nigeria's healthcare generally, and specifically relat