Medical council investigates 120 doctors over misconduct, inducts 412 others

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893 foreign trained Nigerian doctors appeared for the council’s examination.

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has inducted 412 foreign trained Nigerian doctors to practice medicine in the country and warned them against ethical misconduct.

The Chairman of the council, Abba Hassan, said the doctors underwent another training on returning to the country and now inducted following their success in an examination.The chairman emphasised the need for parents to be cautious as to which countries to send their children for training, noting that there was an ongoing effort to increase carrying capacities of existing medical schools in the country.

The Guest Lecturer, Shehu Sule, who was the former acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, called for review of the medical and dental council’s code of ethics.He said “new health innovations and challenges have however brought rethinking and revision of ethical guidelines for effect.”

 

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