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A Professor of Paediatrics from the University of Port Harcourt, Kanu Nkanginieme has said Nigeria ranks fourth in the world’s population of medical doctors.
Nkanginieme stated this in a paper presentation at the Theophilus Oladipo-Ogunlesi Memorial Lecture 2023, organised at the 17th Annual Scientific Conference and All Fellows’ Congress (ASCAF), on Thursday in Ilorin.
The association is a body of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.
His paper presentation was entitled: “Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Nigerian Medical Education”.
The Paediatrician observed that despite the ranking of medical professionals that the country produces, there are contradictions that continued to plague the country.
He, however, advised on the need to begin to “exploit our potential to contribute and impact the country positively, rather than just vendor from developments in the practice, training and evaluation of medicine in today’s world.”
The expert observed that some of the national and institutional debatable contradictions in the country include primary healthcare centres lacking enough doctors and yet we export many.
“State General Hospitals are understaffed while Federal Medical Centres are overstaffed.