The representative of Nigeria's health minister proposes a solution to braindrain: “We need to look at the countries taking our best brains. We can tax countries that our doctors are relocating to.” drpc_nig
is holding a symposium to discuss recent brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector and its implications on health service delivery.
The organisers said this is timely as the country’s health sector is facing financing and human resource gap. Although the event was scheduled to commence by 9:45 a.m., it will be starting some minutes late as few of the participants are yet to settle in. He said all sectors in Nigeria have one problem or another, including health which is a critical sector in every country.
He said the government is spending so much on educating doctors and nurses, hence it’s a major loss when they leave the country. He said from 1963 to date, Nigeria produced only 93,000 doctors; which is inadequate to cater for the general population. “The real shock comes when you know majority of physicians we are training will not remain in the country,” he said.
He said India contributes the largest number of foreign doctors to the UK health sector. He said, unlike Nigeria, as of 2018 India achieved the WHO-recommended doctor-to-population ratio of 1:1,000. He said the General Medical Council , the body responsible for licensing and maintaining the official register of medical practitioners in the UK, reportedly licensed 200 Nigerian-trained doctors in one month between August 31- September 30, this year.
Mr Aidenagbon said the aim of PAN is to promote the advancement of demographic knowledge and control the population question in Nigeria’s developmental process through the promotion of scientific research on population issues.
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