By: Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has raised alarm over the increasing exodus of medical professionals, revealing that only 6,000 consultants remain in the country. MDCAN President, Professor Muhammad Mohammad, disclosed this shocking…
The migration of medical personnel from Nigeria has expanded in volume to assume a dimension of exodus. Several factors have been attributed to the subject. Despite the problem of the massive migration posing threats to the health sector in Nigeria,…
In an effort to curb the brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector, the Federal Government has approved the engagement of retired health workers, mostly medical doctors, nurses, and other clinical healthcare workers, on contract basis. In a circular dated October…
…Says AI would ease burden on few remaining doctors By Moses Adeniyi Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) is seeking Federal Government’s commitment to create more awareness and establish a welcoming environment for development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as…
By Dennis Udo – Udoma, Uyo The Federal Government said it has introduced “One – for – One” policy to address the manpower gap in the health sector caused by the brain drain syndrome of doctors seeking greener pastures abroad.…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has given approval to fill all the vacancies created by medical officers who resigned to seek greener pasture abroad. The Governor, stated this while addressing opening session of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) National Executive…
The Chief Medical Director of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Dr Pokop Bupwatda, says health workers in the institution are resigning daily in search of better conditions of service. He called on stakeholders in the health sector to tackle what…
Perhaps, ignorance of the macro impacts of the defects of brain-drain on national stature may be one of the reasons Nigerian authorities have not yet risen from their slumber in decades since the phenomenon began to take course. At another…
Nigeria’s health sector remains one among the sectors where the controversies of labour crises have been very pronounced. Just as other sectors with similar circumstances, demands left unaddressed over the years have seen certain phenomena growing out of the course…
