Hindered by poor conditions of Nigeria’s health care, bad remuneration and deteriorating hospital facilities, many medical doctors are abandoning the country for greener pastures abroad.
The PUNCH’s investigations revealed that although the exodus of doctors was not new, it had been on the increase in the last two years with countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as their destinations.
It was learnt that the exodus had increased the workload of those who were still in government service, as many states had not been employing doctors.
The Nigerian Medical Association, which expressed concern in an interview with The PUNCH, said in urban centres a doctor attended to 100 patients daily. Read more