UK licenses 91 Nigerian doctors in 15 days
The General Medical Council of the United Kingdom has licenced 91 new Nigerian–trained doctors.
Our correspondent uncovered that the 91 doctors were accredited over a 15-day period between October 10 and October 25, 2022.
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Among the 10,387 doctors are 5,210 associate specialists, 2,318 doctors in training, 1,837 general practitioners, and 1,273 specialists.
The 91 doctors’ certification came amid protests by the Nigerian Medical Association against the brain drain plaguing the health sector.
Other types of health providers are migrating with doctors.
According to the PUNCH, the numbers also reveal that between January 1, 2022, and September 30, 2022, about 1,307 Nigerian-trained doctors were licenced in the UK, as Nigeria continues to face one of the worst brain drain situations in its history.
However, Nigerian doctors who earned their medical degrees at colleges outside of the country are not included in the data.
While criticising the high incidence of medical brain drain, the NMA stated that Nigeria may import doctors in the future.
After India and Pakistan, Nigeria now has the third-highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK.
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The National President of the Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria, Dr Victor Makanjuola, while commenting on the situation earlier, said, “In the last two years, over 500 consultants, in my estimation, have left the services of government hospitals for practice abroad. All our government hospitals are consultant-led practices, which is the global standard. We have lost 500 in just two years, and we have found out that those who are more likely to leave are the younger ones.
“To sustain the system and be able to train the next generation of medical doctors and medical students, Nigeria needs to retain the older consultants who are in their 50s and getting close to retirement so that they can stay back and train the next generation of doctors and medical students.
“Otherwise, the disaster of brain drain would be doubled because we would lose the younger ones and the older ones at about the same time, and you would find a system without consultants. This would affect the standard of care and the quality of care given by hospitals.”
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