15,000 doctors dump Nigeria for overseas

500 take exams to relocate in 2017 700 doctors leave every year 'NMA Stakeholders lament brain drain Doctors protest 22 months unpaid salaries No fewer than 15,000 medical doctors have left Nigeria for overseas in search of greener pastures. A reliable source at the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) told New Telegraph that 'over 15,000 doctors have travelled out of Nigeria to developed countries where they are now practising medicine.' President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Mike Ogirima, confirmed that between 10,000 and 15,000 Nigerian doctors...The post 15,000 doctors dump Nigeria for overseas appeared first on New Telegraph Newspapers.
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