The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said that only 650 medical doctors attend to over 3.6 million people in Kwara State.
Kwara NMA Chairman Ola Ahmed stated this at a news conference in Ilorin ahead of the 2024 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association.
Ahmed, who is rounding off his two-year tenure as chairman, said despite many achievements recorded in the sector, the challenge of a dearth of healthcare workers, was cause for concern.
He said that health workers in their multitudes continue to leave for greener pastures outside the state and the country for various reasons.
The association chief said: “A lot of our colleagues have been lost to brain drain in the name of Japa. This has really affected the delivery of services to the populace.
“Apart from economic hardship, insecurity and poor medical infrastructures are some of the other reasons for the migration of doctors and other health workers from the state and the country at large.”
