CMD raises alarm over exodus of doctors, nurses in Nigeria

…Urges FG’s urgent intervention
From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
The Chief Medical Doctor (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State, Professor Abdulrahman Shehu, has expressed concern over the mass exodus of medical doctors and nurses in Nigeria, calling on the Federal Government to do something urgently to arrest the trend.
Shehu also called on the Federal Government, the Kogi State Government and philanthropists, to invest more in the health sector to improve healthcare delivery and strengthen hospital infrastructure.
He made the call while interacting with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kogi State Council who were in his office...