The federal government has played down the issue of medical brain drain, saying the country has enough doctors.
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire stated that the federal government is attempting to find a replacement for doctors who leave the nation or resign. Ehanire made this assertion at a press conference Tuesday in Abuja.
He added that there was no ban on hiring physicians and other medical professionals in the nation.
“There is no embargo on employing doctors. Where there is a need, we do. But, because there is a civil service regulation, there are processes before doctors are employed.
“We have heard complaints of doctors who are now leaving the system, but there are actually enough doctors in the system because we are producing up to 2,000 or 3,000 doctors every year in the country, and the number leaving is less than 1,000.
“It is just that the employment process needs to be smoothened,” he said. (Ripples Nigeria)
