In Lagos, 58 doctors were intercepted for attempting to travel to the UK without a visa. In London, the UK government relaxed its migration policies to woo the best health professionals globally. Like the UK’s NHS is doing, this period of medical emergency requires some strategic and innovative moves to strengthen the healthcare system. Handlers should be clear-headed and consensual over the roadmap of health system development, with deliverables broken into short, medium and long-term plans. Indeed, if the healthcare system among others gets better, made effective and efficient, a lot of doctors, with or without UK visas, will stay back and our world-famous practitioners will voluntarily return home.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2020 03:00 UTC