Specialized Report - Nigeria’s Failing Healthcare System (MCM 212)
Nigeria’s Failing Healthcare System Uyo Farida Kadiri 201307009 200 Level Mass Communication The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) recorded a loss of over 9000 medical doctors in Nigeria between the years 2016 and 2018. The doctors absconded to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States of America. The President of NMA , Professor Innocent Ujah, during the Maiden NMA Annual Lecture Series in Abuja stated that the loss has left Nigeria with only 4.7% of its medical practitioners to serve the healthcare needs of the population. Brain drain exacerbates the depleted resources in our healthcare system and widens the gap in health inequities between underdeveloped and developed countries worldwide. Healthcare workers tend to move from these underdeveloped nations to richer nations in order to cater to their own best interests and to be compensated for their high levels of training. Although, this is understandable, this leaves Nigeria with the scarc...