The National Postgraduate Medical
College of Nigeria has appealed to doctors to stop leaving the country to
practice abroad.
The President, NPMCN, Dr Musa
Borodo, gave the advice on Tuesday during a press conference ahead of NPMCN
college’s 39th convocation expected to hold on Thursday virtually.
Borodo said though the working
conditions were not ideal in Nigeria, doctors should understand that “there is
no place like home.”
Hundreds of Nigerian doctors, on Tuesday, August 24, converged on Abuja, as a
firm, Meeds Consultancy, commenced interviews for those willing to work in
Saudi Arabia.
The firm organised the interview
on behalf of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health.
But the medical college president
told the doctors to give the newly constituted health committee headed by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo a chance to revamp the sector.
Borodo said, “The working
conditions for doctors and other health workers are not ideal in Nigeria. The
teaching hospitals are not what they should be. The Secretary to the Government
of the Federation recently said they didn’t know that the health sector was in
total disarray until COVID-19 came.
“We hope that the health committee inaugurated
by the President will improve the situation. We do urge our fellows to come
back and those that have not gone to stay back. There is no place like home. We
hope that things will improve. We should be patient.”
Borodo, however, urged the
Federal Government to declare brain drain as a national emergency in the
country’s health sector.
He stated, “It is sad to note
that the intended impact of this effort (training) in our national healthcare
delivery system is rapidly being lost to others, due the escalating monstrous
phenomenon of brain drain we are experiencing in our dear country.
“We accordingly urge the
government to declare brain drain as a national emergency and urgently reverse
it through improving job opportunities as well as improving the work
environment of the doctors. We also dispassionately urge the trained doctors as
well as those in training, who are leaving the country, to show more patience
as things will improve.”
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