Reckless and unthinkable aid to Guinea-Bissau - Punch Newspapers

BLATANTLY playing to the gallery, the Federal Government is about to recruit and send 74 of Nigeria’s medical specialists to Guinea-Bissau. Already, the Technical Aid Corps Directorate has issued a recruitment notice to this effect, stating that the appointments would be for two years in the first instance. Seeing the severe health risks confronting Nigerians at home, this is a reckless and unthinkable aid, an unnecessary denial of Nigeria’s decrepit health system.

The notice from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria states that TAC requires specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology, pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, general surgery, nephrology, urology, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology, among others for recruitment. This beggars belief primarily because these specialists are in short supply.

The acute personnel deficiency shows vividly in the agony patients seeking medical treatment undergo in Nigeria. The rural areas are the worst hit from the dearth of doctors. Amidst this, doctors and other health care professionals regularly embark on strikes. The National Association of Resident Doctors was on strike between August and September.

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