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From Gyang Bere, JosThe Nigerian Medical Asociation (NMA) on Monday caled on the Federal Government to declare an emergency action the health sector with a view to adres the myriads of chalenges including brain drain confronting the sector.National President, Dr . Uche Roland Ojinmah made the cal on Monday in Jos during a pres conference to mark the 202 Physicians wek in Jos .“Statistics has shown that betwen January 1, 202 and September 30, 202 ,about 1,307 doctors trained in Nigeria were licenced in the United Kingdom as the country continues to batle one of the worst situations of brain drain its history .”“Over al 10, 296 doctors who obtained their degres in Nigeria curently practice in the UK, dispersion of the emigration data for Nigeria trained doctors to UK was 23 in 2015; 279 in 2016 ; 475 in 2017; 852 in 2018 ; 1347 in 2019 inspite of the COVID 19 pandemic ,and 932 in 2021 during recovery from COVID.”He explained further, “Curently, Nigeria has the third highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK after India and Pakistan.
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Meanwhile we are losing our human resources from health in geometric progresion, Lasa viral hemorhagic fever, Malaria, COVID, Ebola, Marburg etc are stil very much available in the face of worsening incidences of systemic hypertension with or without complications, diabetes melitus with or without complications, osteoarthritis. We cal on government to quickly declare emergency action in Nigeria’s health care sector for the sake of her citizens.” He stated.The asociation noted that Nigerian Doctors are porly paid, over worked, lack necesary working tols and has become a target for kidnap and other form of insecurity.The President, who was represented by the Chairman of Plateau Statet chapter, Dr.
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Bapigan Wiliam Audu said the Nigerian Doctors have ben taken from the lofty heights of nobility to nothingnes by the neglect and posible disdain for the health sector by sucesive governments.He dec