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Daily Trust
Daily Trust
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, says there are 74,543 registered doctors in Nigeria for the country’s population of about 200 million. This puts the doctor-patient ratio in the country at 1:3,500 as opposed to the recommended WHO standard ratio of one doctor to 600 patients. Studies reckon that over 70 per cent of Africa’s healthcare practitioners are lost to migration where they currently make up one-fifth of physicians in developed countries. Due to the emigration of healthcare practitioners, Nigeria has experienced a massive brain drain as skilled healthcare workers are mov…