500 Medical Consultants Have Left Nigeria In 2 Years- MDCAN

About 500 medical consultants have left Nigeria for foreign shores within the past two years.

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria MDCAN disclosed this, adding that many of these consultants left government hospitals for practice abroad due to better conditions of service.

The association’s President, Dr Victor Makanjuola, disclosed this on Sunday  at the end of the association’s annual general meeting in Benin.

He blamed the problems in the nation’s health sector on largely unresolved issues by the government, with health care workers leaving the shores of the country in droves for more secure climes with better conditions of service.

“In the last two years, over 500 consultants have left the services of governments’ hospitals for practice abroad. All our government hospitals are consultant-led, which is the global standard practice.

“Now, we lose 500 consultants in just two years and we have found out that those who are more likely to leave are the younger ones,” Makanjuola said.