• India, Pakistan, Nigeria have highest number of migrant doctors in UK• Low pay, poor facilities, insecurity forcing doctors out, says NMAEniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba and Dayo OjerindeNo fewer than 7,875 Nigerian doctors are currently practising in the United Kingdom, according to the UK’s General Medical Council. The NMA described the ongoing migration of medical doctors as “second peak of doctors’ mass exodus” after the mass departure of medical practitioners from the country in 1990s. On its part, the NLC expressed concern about the poor health sector and doctors’ exodus, saying the nation was in trouble. Findings by The PUNCH indicate that Pakistan and Nigeria have the highest number of doctors in the UK in relation to the total number of doctors at home. A search through the website of the UK medical council reveals that the UK has 205, 814 locally trained doctors.

Source: Punch July 24, 2020 00:33 UTC