Over $5 Billion Saved For Training Doctors Locally

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports from Abuja that Olaitan said that before the college was set up in 1979, the federal government usually sent doctors abroad for training.

President of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Prof Ademola Olaitan, has said the college had saved more than $5 billion for the country by training doctors locally.

As a result of this learnt that the government spent about $200,000 each year for five years before such trainings were taken over by the college.

“Recently, we asked the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to fund our clinical simulation laboratory, but the request was not granted. “This laboratory is supposed to help us to change the system of our doctors treating patients.” Meanwhile, hundreds of medical doctors recently took part in a demonstration in Port Harcourt to draw attention to the security risks they face while discharging their duties across Rivers state.

The public protest is the outcome of a meeting called by the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association to review the security situation in Rivers state and the rampant kidnapping of doctors.