Ekiti State doctors raise the alarm over brain drain

They said the health service of the state was no longer attractive to new medical graduates as a result of the non-chalant attitude of government to quality healthcare, saying that hordes of their colleagues are abandoning the state to seek greener pastures in neighbouring states.

Chairman of NAGGMDP, Dr. Kolawole Adeniyi, who spoke while addressing journalists at the weekend, said that the doctors were left with no other option but to embark on the industrial action following government’s failure to respond to their demands. “Out of 20 doctors employed in December 2015, only five are left. Out of another set of 20 doctors employed in 2018, six are left. Out of 20 specialists employed cumulatively since 2016, only five are left. Unfortunately, many more are only waiting for opportunity to leave.

He described facilities in the state capital, which had been stretched, as the only hope for residents to have access to quality healthcare, saying: “If things continue the way at the moment, Ekiti residents might in no distance time start to run to other neighbouring states for help.”

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