Monday, June 17, 2024 - The Chief Medical Director, of Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa in Bayelsa, Dr James Omietimi has lamented the effects of the mass migration of medical professionals.
Omietimi said the mass migration, known as
the Japa syndrome, has negatively impacted the healthcare delivery system in
Nigeria.
He said that FMC Yenagoa and many hospitals
nationwide are understaffed because most medical professionals have left the
country.
He added that those medical professionals
left are overworked due to the shortage of manpower.
The CMD called for the retirement age for
medical health workers to increase from 60 to 65, or even 70 years, as it was
done in other professions like university lectures and judges.
Omietimi reassured the general public of
the hospital’s commitment to providing medical services, in spite shortage of
clinical personnel.
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