{"id":763504,"date":"2019-12-12T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/nigeria-needs-25-years-to-bridge-doctors-shortage\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:07:34","slug":"nigeria-needs-25-years-to-bridge-doctors-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/nigeria-needs-25-years-to-bridge-doctors-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria needs 25 years to bridge doctor\u2019s shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/115441199.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".j6wddz74tc.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>It would take Nigeria 25 years to produce adequate number of doctors to cater for its population.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to the National President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Francis Faduyile, who made the assertion at the annual symposium of Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With about 3,000 medical doctors being graduated yearly, Faduyile noted that there exists a huge deficit in the nation\u2019s health sector due to brain drain problem.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the best healthcare practitioners depart the country through migration to more favourable countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is losing some of its most educated, talented and professional healthcare practitioners to countries such as Namibia, Senegal, Ghana, United Kingdom, South Africa,\u201dsaid Dr Francis Faduyile.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".j6wddz74tc.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".j6wddz74tc.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".j6wddz74tc.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would take Nigeria 25 years to produce adequate number of doctors to cater for its population. 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