Joseph Ekumankama, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health, has pleaded with the nation’s medical professionals to remain in the country and support the country’s efforts in restoring its health care system.
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Ekumankama made the plea and the assurance while speaking with reporters on Monday, August 22, at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta, Lagos.
He has gone there to launch the Orthopedic and Trauma Centre, Molecular Building Complex, Oxygen gas plant, Clinical Training Centre, and Ultra-Modern Theatre.
He pointed to the project he came to inaugurate, as evidence of President Buhari’s sincere commitment to the upgrade and improvement of the health infrastructures all over the country.
Adding that steps are being done to stop the present brain drain that is plaguing the nation.
He claimed that the federal government had released 100% of the health budget over the previous three years in an effort to improve the quality of health care in Nigeria.
Speaking with a reporter, he said: “The greatest challenge facing the sector presently is the doctors and nurses leaving the country.”
He added: “As a sacrifice, I encourage them to stay back and help us revitalize the health sector. We have witnessed that today with what is on the ground in this hospital.”
However, in contrast to the minimum advised ratio of 1:400 or 600 set by the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria had a doctor-patient ratio of 1:2,753 as of 2020.
More than 100 of its members, according to the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), have departed the nation in the last 24 months.
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