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“The man who sews my gown is a doctor. He makes the best gown. And some will be specialists, some will be GPs, some will be farmers."- Prof. Isaac Adewole
Following this sort of academic stress, what the Medical Student is offered in today’s Nigeria as a vocational suggestion is farming or tailoring which s/he could have learnt at home or in some institute without the stress of cramming all sorts of words and cutting through cadavers for several years in Medical college.
There is a resulting unemployment for Doctors who despite the plentitude of patients are denied that medium of hospitals and clinics with which to reach patients. The Medical Doctor cannot hawk his services on the streets. He needs that edifice where the patient is admitted, goes through tests and where the Doctor can function. A lack of these facilities are what makes it appear to Dr. Ngige that Nigeria has enough Medical Doctors.
As at 2017, Nigeria had the third highest child mortality rate in the world. 1 out of every 10 children or 100 out of every 1000 would not live to adulthood as the statistics reflect. According to the World Health Organization, 300,000 die from malaria every year and 215,000 die from HIV/AIDS. 97percent of Nigeria’s population is also prone to malaria. Nigeria has the poorest sanitation system creating fears of outbreaks.
Dr. Chris Ngige rounds up his argument on Nigeria not needing Doctors by claiming they can travel abroad to gain experience and acquire wealth which they would send home that can become foreign exchange. He also suggests that they can come back to invest in the country through private practice like a friend of his has done.
The argument that they would also invest in local healthcare by coming back to build their own hospitals shows that Dr. Ngige as Minister of Labour is aware of the little opportunities available to Nigerian Doctors to raise capital to fund private practice and hence suggests that they travel out to gather money.
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