The Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria has said not less than 500 of its members left the country between 2020 and 2022.
He said further exploration of data indicates that nine out of every 10 medical and dental consultants with less than five years of experience on the job had plans to leave the country. Mr Makanjuola explained that the loss of this category of the workforce will not only have an immediate negative impact on clinical service delivery but will leave a devastating impact on the training of future doctors in Nigeria.MDCAN is a group of medical specialists in different fields of medicine and dentistry with the highest qualifications in medical practices.
Not less than 5,600 Nigerian doctors emigrated to the United Kingdom in the last eight years, according to the President of theMr Rowland said the mass exodus of licensed medical doctors and other health professionals to more developed countries has brought significant disruptions to Nigeria's health care system.