{"id":53956,"date":"2024-10-29T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=53956"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:04:02","slug":"15000-doctors-flee-nigeria-a-healthcare-crisis-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/10\/29\/15000-doctors-flee-nigeria-a-healthcare-crisis-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"15,000 Doctors Flee Nigeria, as Healthcare Crisis Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian healthcare sector faces a serious crisis as 15,000 doctors have left the country in 2024 alone, citing low wages as a primary reason. Abdurrahman Ali, Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kano State, raised alarm over this exodus at a recent media conference focused on the struggles faced by Nigerian doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was highlighted during this year&#8217;s Physicians&#8217; Week, themed \u201cEnsuring Universal Applicability in Remuneration: A Panacea to Talent Retention in the Healthcare System.\u201d Throughout the event, doctors stressed the importance of fair pay and recognition for their relentless contributions. Ali underscored that remuneration is not just about financial compensation; it reflects the value society places on healthcare professionals and their work. \u201cWhen healthcare workers feel valued, it enhances their commitment to patient care and strengthens the overall health system,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ali also appealed to the Kano State government to uphold their commitment to the revised hazard allowance for healthcare workers, a measure he believes is essential for retaining medical talent within the state.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Baba Audu, NMA President, echoed Ali&#8217;s concerns, attributing the mass migration of doctors to inadequate compensation and limited career satisfaction within the system. Speaking through Dr. Happy Adedapo at the 2024 Physicians&#8217; Week media briefing in Ibadan, Audu stressed the importance of equitable pay across all government levels\u2014federal, state, and local.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA consistent remuneration structure across all levels is essential for stable healthcare delivery,\u201d Audu said. He explained that healthcare should begin at the primary level within local governments, which house most primary care centers. However, significant pay disparities between local government doctors and those in federal positions risk driving local healthcare talent away, leading to overcrowding at tertiary institutions, such as the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, even for basic treatments.<\/p>\n<p>This escalating trend highlights the urgent need for Nigeria to address the pay and conditions of its healthcare workforce to retain critical talent and sustain its healthcare system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigerian healthcare sector faces a serious crisis as 15,000 doctors have left the country in 2024 alone, citing low wages as a primary reason. Abdurrahman Ali, Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kano State, raised alarm over this exodus at a recent media conference focused on the struggles faced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":53962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53956"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53969,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53956\/revisions\/53969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}