Seychelles Medical and Dental Association (SMDA) is a registered body consisting of the doctors and dentists working in the

Republic of Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

. Unlike the

Seychelles Medical and Dental Council The Seychelles Medical and Dental Council (SMDC) was created in 1994 by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act. Its function is regulatory. The logo of SMDC depicts the coco de mer, (the largest nut in the world and found only in Seychelles), ...

which has been formed by a law, the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act, 1994, and which regulates the medical and dental profession, the Seychelles Medical and Dental Association focuses more on the career and socio-professional interests of doctors and dentists in Seychelles. In reality, it is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

for the doctors and dentists. Any doctor or dentist in Seychelles can become a member upon payment of the prescribed membership fees.

Background

Since its formation, around 1993, the Seychelles Medical and Dental Association has been at the forefront of all negotiations with the Government to improve the working and living conditions of doctors and dentists in Seychelles. One of its former Chairman, Dr Patrick Herminie, became Speaker of the

National Assembly of Seychelles , legislature = 7th National Assembly , logo_pic = Logo of the National Assembly of Seychelles.svg , logo_res = 170px , logo_alt = Logo of the National Assembly of Seychelles. , logo_caption = Logo of the National Assembly of Seychelles. , h ...

. The Seychelles Medical and Dental Association owns the Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal. Although the Journal has not been published for several years now, previous editions have featured seminal articles on ground-breaking research in Seychelles. Efforts are underway to revive the journal.

References

Medical and health organisations based in the Seychelles {{Seychelles-stub