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All our government hospitals are consultant-led, which is the global standard practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we lose 500 consultants in just two years and we have found out that those who are more likely to leave are the younger ones,\u201d Makanjuola said.<\/p>\n<p>He said to sustain the system and be able to train the next generation of medical doctors and medical students, the country needed to retain older <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/fg-to-pay-consultants-for-n27bn-rivers-road-construction-n895m\/\">consultants<\/a> who are in their 50s and getting closer to their retirement so that they can stay back and train the next generation of doctors and medical students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe disaster which brain drain will bring will be doubled because we will lose the younger ones and the older ones will retire about the same time, and unfortunately we will find a medical system without consultants. This will affect the standard of health care given by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/15\/prioritise-schools-hospitals-security-to-prevent-attacks-igp-tells-police-officers\/\">hospital<\/a>,\u201d the association\u2019s President said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that to address the problem, the government should increase the retirement age for consultants in hospitals from the current 60 years to 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>He added that stakeholders could also tap into medical entrepreneurship, an area that has not been tapped, noting that it had the potential to minimize brain drain and encourage brain gain.<\/p>\n<p>The President lamented that efforts by the government had been inadequate in addressing the challenges in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that the union could not guarantee industrial harmony in government hospitals if the demands of the workers were not met in two weeks; urging well-meaning Nigerians to intervene to avert an impending crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Medical and Dental Consultants&#8217; Association of Nigeria has revealed that at least 500 consultants in various medical fields had left the service of government hospitals for practice abroad due to better conditions of service. 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