WHAT?! No Graduate of this Course isUnemployed in Nigeria (SEE THE COURSE)

Thousands that graduate in Nigeria ar
Unemployed. But not Radiography
graduates. Radiography is the use of ionizing
electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays to view
objects. Although not technically radiographic
techniques, imaging modalities such as PET and MRI
are sometimes grouped in radiography because the
radiology department of hospitals handle all forms of
imaging. Treatment using radiation is known as
radiotherapy.
Radiography started in 1895 with the discovery of X-
rays (later also called Röntgen rays after the man who
first described their properties in rigorous detail), a
type of electromagnetic radiation. Soon these found
various applications, from helping to find shoes that
fit, to the more lasting medical uses. X-rays were put
to diagnostic use very early, before the dangers of
ionising radiation were discovered. Initially, many
groups of staff conducted radiography in hospitals,
including physicists, photographers, doctors, nurses,
and engineers. The medical speciality of radiology
grew up around the new technology, and this lasted
many years. When new diagnostic tests involving X-
rays were developed, it was natural for the
radiographers to be trained and adopt this new
technology. This happened first with
fluoroscopy,computed tomography (1960s), and
mammography. Ultrasound (1970s) and magnetic
resonance imaging (1980s) was added to the list of
skills used by radiographers because they are also
medical imaging, but these disciplines do not use
ionising radiation or X-rays.
No Nigerian radiographer
is jobless. They are in
perpetual demand by
several private hospitals
who can only engage their
services on a part time
basis since they often can
not pay them full time.
That’s why many of the
experienced and qualified
radiographers have gone
overseas. In fact its
possible that over 60% of
radiographers trained
between 1989-2009 are
likely not living in Nigeria.
The rest are in bigger blue chip companies. While few
are found TEMPORARILY working at General Hospitals
across the country. Those on PP (private practice, a
term used by radiographers, sometimes in sarcasm) in
private hospitals are newer, younger and student
radiographers.
My advice to youths (and older middle aged men, even
of up to 50 years) is to consider going back to study
radiography if the right opportunity exists.