The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal
Government will do everything possible to discourage doctors from leaving the
country.
He said the government will provide the necessary incentives
to make migration unattractive for the doctors.
Ehanire said this on Friday in Abuja after inspecting work
on the new cancer centre at the National Hospital, Abuja.
“I have heard the challenge of doctors leaving the country.
We have plans to provide better funding for our hospitals in Nigeria and make
such migration unattractive,” he said.
The minister also said that the hospital performed well
during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, pledging that the
government will do everything possible to ensure that doctors will prefer to
remain and work in country.
Speaking further, the minister advised the hospital
management to spend wisely, properly maintain the facilities when completed and
seek alternative sources of funding.
He praised the hospital administrators for its prompt
services to patients and advised them to be prepared for a possible resurgence
of the COVID-19 pandemic as other countries are now experiencing.
“Schools are resuming, people are travelling in and out the
country so we must be prepared for any emergency,” he warned.
Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital,
Dr Jaf Momoh, indicated that the hospital has introduced incentives to
encourage medical personnel to stay in the country.
(NAN)
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