Managing Director of Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has called for renewed efforts at training more medical personnel and averting brain drain in the nation’s health sector. Ajayi said this at the launched of his Physicians Mentorship Programme (Cohort 2), a six month training programme for 14 doctors across Nigeria.
According to him, Nigeria has lost over 4500 doctors to the United Kingdom (UK) in the last 6 years, claiming that at the height of COVID-19, the UK revised its migration visa rules to encourage more doctors to migrate from countries like Nigeria to the UK. He stressed that brain drain in the medical/healthcare sector should be of tremendous concern to us as a people.
He noted that the mentorship programme is meant to enhance the career growth of young physicians and improve transformational leadership in the medical profession. He noted that the second edition which commences January, 2022, seeks to avert brain drain in the health sector and to improve doctor’s attitudes towards their colleagues and clients.
Ajayi said “the Mentoring Programme will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3c by promoting the development, training and retention of health workers in Nigeria. It will help to enhance the career growth of young physicians and improve transformative leadership in the medical profession.