AAA593:

Ngige na human being

divinehand2003:
I remember that the minister of labour says we shouldn't worry about Nigerian doctors leaving to other countries at all. In fact it is a welcome development as these guys in diaspora will make returns to develop the Nigerian economy. Moreover he added that the country’s universities will continue to produce thousands of doctors on yearly basis that will meet our health care needs.

India’s huge population of talented youth means that we have enough intelligent minds who can contribute to India from India and to India from outside India. We must continue to develop more excellent colleges/universities and opportunities here so that the best have avenues here and not only abroad. This development of excellence is happening,” Vijay Raghavan, secretary department of biotechnology, told Hindustan Times.

david22uu:
Now the solution is simple

You can use Taxes and study in Nigeria , then go Abroad .

People who go to federal school should be made to stay at least 5 years after graduation before their certificate is released

They contribute their quota before you japa simple

This will pay for the taxes you used from the federal purse.

The cost to study medicine abroad is in your pocket and not subsidised by the govt.

wizzybobo:



https://dailytrust.com/brain-drain-nigeria-left-with-24000-doctors-nma

IamAsiri:


Why not! Even accident victims too can take agbo .

phemmyfour:
We can never run out of doctors. We can only run out of competent doctors. Thousands of graduates are being churn churned out by our universities yearly

othermen:
This is not the only disaster for the medical sector.

People die daily for want of infrastructures in our national hospitals. And doctors association are not ASUU to insist that government funds hospitals to be able to help them care better for the citizenry. When they have made those requests, we the public have crucified them.

For any medics that care about saving lives, this itself is a disincentive. To have to see patients die because of lack of electricity during surgery or because of lack of ventilators or lack of manpower. It’s stressful already for the doctors.
aside the financial incentive that is also lacking.

To cater over 200 million people can be overwhelming. It’s difficult not to accept the offer to work in any other clime.

There is a disincentive to remain in Nigeria. And I am sure that more than half of the remaining doctors are evaluating their options. Several countries want their services, and would compensate them for migrating.

Be grateful for the ones left here.

That said, me think , many of those who studied biochemistry and other related courses are capable of being medical doctors. but understandably, the resources in terms of capacity of medical schools are not just there to help train them. It’s like you have to be an extraordinary genius to get into medical schools in Nigeria public universities. Yet I have seen those who cannot beat 180 in jamb, travel abroad and are now medical doctors.

I have seen parents that believed in their children’s capacity and the result is that they are practicing doctors today. Now, many of those that should be medical doctors because of lack of infrastructures have had to study interesting courses, that is little relevant to what we need in the country.

Again, the point is that the FG subsidised education is very competitive & limited that it shuts out thousands of good enough candidates that could easily endure the rigor of getting MBBS.

And as a nation, as earlier said, we are headed for disaster. The few healthcare personnels trained by the subsidised FG education are been enticed by opportunities abroad and they are moving out in thousands.

It is important that the FG provides incentives to curb this and also increase our capacity to produce more medics.

Our universities have to be empowered to take in as many medical students; this way, folks may at least be guaranteed access to basic healthcare & will improve the scary ratio of doctor / patients currently prevailing.

No reason, why the FG shouldn’t make provision for graduates of related disciplines to do a 3 or 4 yrs course in a specialised medical school for the award of MBBS.

MT:


Where did the guy pull out his stat from. Brain drain left Nigeria with 24000 doctors? Hilarious. NMA that does not even know the number of doctors that are practising in the country. So, brain drain has left the country with round figure. Clown

phemmyfour:
We can never run out of doctors. We can only run out of competent doctors. Thousands of graduates are being churn out by our universities yearly

Neddstark:


Fact here is that medical education here is cheap compared to foreign countries. Medical education in the US is at least 20 thousand dollars yearly. While the FG subsidizes it to about 60 thousand yearly for Nigerian students. Now these students who benefited leave and be of use to another country. That is totally unfair to the country that gave almost free medical education.

Angelfrost:


That's not the point...

Even if they paid through their teeth to study here, they still won't remain here due to factors you have chosen to ignore!

Stop ignoring the root causes of this brain drain!

It's not just the poor or low pay! What about working conditions?!! What about security of lives and properties?!! What about infrastructures?!! Etc!

Not everyone is greedy for money to the point of going through the insulting and ridiculing process of emigration just because of mere pay difference!

Neddstark:


Yes you have some strong points. However i am also thinking of thousands that would be left to die on medical emergencies. Medical education is a platter of gold in Nigeria compared to elsewhere.

positive11:
our problem is beyond the government average Nigerians are corrupt it starts with I and You

wizzybobo:



https://dailytrust.com/brain-drain-nigeria-left-with-24000-doctors-nma

othermen:
This is not the only disaster for the medical sector.

People die daily for want of infrastructures in our national hospitals. And doctors association are not ASUU to insist that government funds hospitals to be able to help them care better for the citizenry. When they have made those requests, we the public have crucified them.

For any medics that care about saving lives, this itself is a disincentive. To have to see patients die because of lack of electricity during surgery or because of lack of ventilators or lack of manpower. It’s stressful already for the doctors.
aside the financial incentive that is also lacking.

To cater over 200 million people can be overwhelming. It’s difficult not to accept the offer to work in any other clime.

There is a disincentive to remain in Nigeria. And I am sure that more than half of the remaining doctors are evaluating their options. Several countries want their services, and would compensate them for migrating.

Be grateful for the ones left here.

That said, me think , many of those who studied biochemistry and other related courses are capable of being medical doctors. but understandably, the resources in terms of capacity of medical schools are not just there to help train them. It’s like you have to be an extraordinary genius to get into medical schools in Nigeria public universities. Yet I have seen those who cannot beat 180 in jamb, travel abroad and are now medical doctors.

I have seen parents that believed in their children’s capacity and the result is that they are practicing doctors today. Now, many of those that should be medical doctors because of lack of infrastructures have had to study interesting courses, that is little relevant to what we need in the country.

Again, the point is that the FG subsidised education is very competitive & limited that it shuts out thousands of good enough candidates that could easily endure the rigor of getting MBBS.

And as a nation, as earlier said, we are headed for disaster. The few healthcare personnels trained by the subsidised FG education are been enticed by opportunities abroad and they are moving out in thousands.

It is important that the FG provides incentives to curb this and also increase our capacity to produce more medics.

Our universities have to be empowered to take in as many medical students; this way, folks may at least be guaranteed access to basic healthcare & will improve the scary ratio of doctor / patients currently prevailing.

No reason, why the FG shouldn’t make provision for graduates of related disciplines to do a 3 or 4 yrs course in a specialised medical school for the award of MBBS.

kurupt1:


Your part of the problem with your low IQ