{"id":78594,"date":"2021-09-04T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T12:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=78594"},"modified":"2021-09-04T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T12:58:30","slug":"we-have-enough-doctors-but-many-are-practising-outside-rural-areas-says-ngige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/04\/we-have-enough-doctors-but-many-are-practising-outside-rural-areas-says-ngige\/","title":{"rendered":"We have enough doctors but many are practising outside rural areas, says Ngige"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has stated that Nigeria has enough doctors but many physicians are practising outside rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the minister while speaking at a\u00a0two-day quarterly meeting of the Nigeria health commissioners forum on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ngige explained why Nigeria may not yet be able to meet up with recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on one doctor to 600 patients.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, every rule has an exception and Nigeria is a developing country, not a \u201cUnited Nations\u2019 country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, who is also a medical doctor, said many health workers prefer to work in cities like Abuja, Lagos and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/13\/port-harcourt-court-jails-two-yahoo-boys\/\">Port Harcourt<\/a>, which affects manpower in primary healthcare centres.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not a United Nations\u2019 country; we are a developing country. So, when such figures are given, I will tell them every rule has an exception. We are not yet there,\u201d NAN quoted him to have said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we shall make do with what we have. And when they\u2019re saying he said \u2018yes, surplus doctors\u2019, we have surpluses. I keep on telling them that we have not deployed our medical manpower proportionately, and adequately as we should do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many doctors do we have in the rural areas and in the suburbs since everybody is in the townships, with a medical and dental council data showing 4,000 doctors every year?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore, it used to be 3,000, before the private universities came. A lot of them are now doing medicine, including Afe Babalola and others. We are now at about 4,000 plus. People even trained abroad are coming back from Russia and Ukraine, and the rest of them. The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) is registering them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, almost everybody has come to Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt to stay. And we have 10,000 primary care centres that are unmanned as at the last count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Akin Abayomi, Lagos state commissioner for health, asked governors to create enabling environment for health workers in their states, adding that there are more than 20,000 Nigerian-born physicians outside the country doing well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why our governors should create an enabling environment for our physicians. By now, Nigeria should not be talking about brain drain. Rather, it should be talking about bringing back our physicians to the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has stated that Nigeria has enough doctors but many physicians are practising outside rural areas. 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