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WAWU: Only 10,000 doctors left in Nigeria

November 29, 2022

By Adeyemi Olusoga

Things seems to be going from bad to worse in Nigeria’s health sector as it has been revealed that medical doctors are daily leaving Nigeria with only about 10,000 personnel remaining in the country, according to the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD)

According to data, Nigeria with a population of over 200 million requires at least 363,000 doctors per average to cater for its ever-expanding population.

Though at no time had the country ever met up with the quota of doctors, yet at no time had the numbers dwindled to this ridiculous number.

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari who promised during his electioneering campaigns to revive the ailing health sector and end medical tourism has been the chief medical tourist in the country.

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The president nor any of his family members have continuously disdained the country’s health sector and frequently, without apologies, without remorse, resorted to seeking medical help in the United Kingdom for the slightest of ailment.

The President of NARD, Dr Emeka Orji said about 100 resident doctors leave the country monthly to seek greener pastures.

Orji: “I know that as of now, we have just about 24,000 doctors, including the consultants, resident doctors, house officers, and medical officers. Out of the over 80,000 doctors registered, about 64 per cent are not in service; some have emigrated out of the country, some have retired, others have changed to other professions and others have died.

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“The resident doctors used to be 16,000 but currently, we are doing around 9,000 to 10,000. We cannot put an absolute figure to that because every day, people leave. So, we have an average of about 9,000 to 10,000 resident doctors across the country.

“In total, we have 24,000 doctors including consultants, resident doctors, medical officers, and house officers. The World Health Organisation recommended one doctor to 600 patients but right now in Nigeria, we are doing one doctor to 10,000 patients.”

The NARD president also noted that the major causes of the emigration were poor remuneration, poor welfare, and lack of housing schemes.

“We have poor working conditions in this country; we are essential workers and it is expected that government should do whatever it can to make sure that they improve the working condition. If the health sector is going to survive, everybody must be involved.

“This year, between January and August, we lost about 800 and when we asked them why they are leaving, 80 per cent of them reported that it was because of poor remuneration and poor living conditions,” Orji declared.

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