More reasons have emerged why many more doctors in Nigeria are depressed, burnout, commit medical errors and have several mental health issues.
President, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Segun Olaopa, told The Guardian that most doctors in public hospitals are over-worked because there are not enough house officers and resident doctors in most of the teaching and general hospitals in the country.
Olaopa said most teaching hospitals, including the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), have not employed any doctor in the last two years to replace many of those that have left for greener pastures abroad.
He said the findings of recent studies showed that burnout has an adverse impact on professionalism, reduces the quality of care, increases the risk of medical errors, impairs patient satisfaction and encourages early retirement. Read more