FG tackling brain drain in health sector- Ehanire
05 February 2023 |
4:21 am
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, at the weekend, disclosed that the Federal Government is working on halting the brain drain in the health sector by improving conditions of service.
Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, at the weekend, disclosed that the Federal Government is working on halting the brain drain in the health sector by improving conditions of service.
The minister also said that plans were on to get medical and health professionals who have travelled abroad to visit home to work temporarily, or teach and train home-based doctors and nurses.
Speaking at the 2023 Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN) in Lagos, Ehanire disclosed: “Senior doctors are the ones leaving. Very few junior doctors are leaving. There is something we are doing called ‘One for One’ replacement. This entails the replacement of a doctor immediately he leaves. In the past, it was abused as departing doctors replaced themselves with relatives or others that added no value to the system. So, the ‘One for One’ ensures that it is strictly the same profession. And we have warned all medical directors to comply.”
He added that there were many competing needs that the government is paying attention to, stressing: “Money needs to go into roads, electricity, transportation, water, security, and Nigerians don’t like to pay tax, whether individual or corporate.”
Speaking on the theme of the conference, “Building the Healthcare of Our Future,” the HFN President, Dr. Pamela Ajayi, stated: “Rather than focusing on challenges, we are focusing on the solutions. So, we are having conversations around ‘Fiscal Framework for Promotion of Healthcare Sector Investment in Nigeria’, and ‘Healthcare Investment and Financing’. We are also talking about the new National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act.”
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