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Brain drain killing healthcare sector in Nigeria - Medical expert

A Consultant Urologist Surgeon at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Prof. Nuhu Dakum has said that brain drain in the medical sector is detrimental to the development of the sector. He stressed that medical brain drain had created loss of skilled manpower to train incoming doctors and other health care workers in the sector. Dakum stated this while delivering a paper at the opening ceremony of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) 2021 National Executive Council meeting in Jos. The programme is entitled “Brain Drain and its effect on Medical Education in Nigeria.“ Dakum said that brain drain in the medical sector was getting worse and detrimental to medical education.

Target vulnerable poor with COVID-19 vaccine – FG urged

Medical professionals have also voiced support for special consideration for the elderly, saying scores of old people died in the villages due to COVID-19 complications. The people interviewed said they could not register for the vaccination online as directed by relevant authorities, heightening fears that it would take long for them to be considered. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire Muhtari Baba, 77, a farmer in Toro, Bauchi State, said he heard about the COVID-19 vaccination on radio. Baba said, “We have not been told how we would access the vaccine; and I want to get it. I thank God I don’t have any underlying ailment, but I know that COVID-19 is real.

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