JAPA Syndrome: Reps Vow to Tackle Brain Drain as Over 50 Health Workers Quit FMC

“About 51 healthcare workers have left the hospital since the beginning of 2023 when the committee visited the hospital for an oversight function to assess the level of healthcare delivery in the facility on Tuesday.” He said.

Worries As Over 4,000 Doctors Set To Leave Nigeria

“When the Buhari administration assumed office in 2015, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, reported that Nigeria had 35,000 doctors out of the 237,000 required to serve a population of about 180 million then. Over seven years later, the number of doctors available in our health system dropped to 24,000 while the population rose to an estimated 211 million.”