{"id":113072,"date":"2021-11-27T21:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T20:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=113072"},"modified":"2021-11-27T21:09:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T20:09:42","slug":"only-40000-out-of-80000-registered-doctors-practising-in-nigeria-says-nma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/27\/only-40000-out-of-80000-registered-doctors-practising-in-nigeria-says-nma\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 40000 out of 80000 registered doctors practising in Nigeria, says NMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has stated that less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) are practising in the country.has stated that less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) are practising in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Friday by NMA president, Innocent Ujah\u00a0in his address at the virtual eighth biennial and scientific xonference and annual general meeting of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Kaduna state chapter.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the federal government to look into establishing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/15\/fg-approves-fund-to-establish-medical-laboratories-in-tertiary-institutions-%e2%80%95-buhari\/\">institution<\/a> like the Bank of Industry (BoI) in the health sector as part of efforts to boost service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The mandate of the BoI is to provide \u201cfinancial assistance for the establishment of large, medium and small projects as well as the expansion, diversification and modernisation of existing enterprises; and rehabilitation of existing ones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ujah, such a bank will provide support for private health practitioners and also curb brain drain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen how the Bank of Industry and Bank of Agriculture are transforming the industrial and agricultural sector,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time that the gesture is extended to the health sector to boost service delivery and curb brain drain and health tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While noting that 40,000 doctors are practising in the country out of over 80,000 who registered with the MDCN, he expressed concern about the \u201clack of investment\u201d in the health sector, adding that \u201cpaucity of equipment and frequent strikes\u2019 prevent health practitioners from carrying out their duties efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current doctor to population ratio in the country is about one doctor to between 4,000 and 5,000 population,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis falls short of the one doctor to 600 population as recommended by the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that we need about 303,333 medical doctors now, and at least 10,605 new doctors annually to bridge the manpower gap in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is particularly disturbing because Nigeria only graduates about 3,000 to 3,5000 medical doctors across medical schools in the country annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman resources for health, one of the pillars of a strong system, is depleted by brain drain, making the system weak to face pandemics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment must, therefore, improve healthcare financing with 15 percent of total budgetary allocation to the sector, full implementation of the National Health Act and other interventions to improve the sector\u2019s delivery systems.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has stated that less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) are practising in the country.has stated that less than half of the total number of doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) are practising in the country. 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