BBCNEWS Medical Brain Drain July 7, 2024
Augustine is one of 9,500 nigerian doctors licensed to work in the uk. Recruitment from abroad has never been higher, with almost 40 of uk doctors trained overseas. But his recruitment by a British Company called Nes Health Care meant working long hours in a private hospital with potential consequences, he says, for patients� health. I would wake up at 6. 30 behind the ward at seven and it was an 80 bedded hospital. So i was looking after all of the patients on the ward. 0utpatients and x ray, and i would be working from seven up until 11 at night. And i would think that im meant to go to be...