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Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 8:51am On Mar 23, 2016
PHYSICIANS of Nigerian origin practicing abroad have given the Federal Government some conditions under which they can transfer their services home, among which include granting them low interest loans and high reduction in tariff of transportation of medical equipment into the country.

But the Senate swiftly advised them to seek request for the former from the governments of America and the United Kingdom as according to it, Nigeria lacks such financial strength.

Speaking yesterday, during a courtesy call on the Senate Committee on Health, the medical practitioners under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, said they had intention of moving their trade back home given what they called “ineffective medical health care” in Nigeria but but being prevented by the issues listed.

The physicians, who spoke through their National President, Nkem Chukwumerije,said they had passion to return and work for their fatherland but lamented that government was not doing enough to encourage their relocation.

Chukwumerije listed poor remuneration, inadequate modern equipment to work with, and lack of low interest loans for those who want to set up medical facilities in Nigeria, among others, problems hindering their return.

“The major barrier preventing the relocation of medical doctors back to Nigeria is incentive. Every human character and behaviour are linked to incentives. Some of the incentives to get back the medical doctors abroad to Nigeria, are not in place.

“Most of us here love our country and our hearts are in Nigeria but we just have to be physically at another country but we are very passionate about improving healthcare system here but the incentives especially finance, remuneration sends people out and force them to remain abroad.

“Another thing is lack of proper equipment to work with. Most people abroad honestly wants to come back but to physically relocate, we will need the right financial incentives.

“The Federal Government should provide low interest loans for healthcare, so that medical practitioners abroad could bring their money and have access to low interest loans.

“Majority of our people wanted to come back home but they cannot finance the relocation process and the cost of setting up modern medical facilities in Nigeria. To bring in medical equipment is expensive because of the customs tarriff and other fees.

“Government need to reduce the tarriff so that our people can bring in the equipment. The government should also give us the opportunity to work in a structured arrangements with the federal, states and local governments, and also with private sector without barriers”, he said.

Speaking at the occasion the committee’s chairman, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, expressed the commitment of the federal government to address the issue of Nigerian doctors who are relocating abroad in droves for greener pastures as according to him, the country loses over a billion dollar annually to medical tourism.

He said the government was also determined to reverse the trend starting with the ANPA members who he urged to take advantage of the technology they are using in America to consult for doctors in Nigeria.

He, however, urged the medical practitioners to take the advantage of the low interest loans available in their country of residence to access finance because the country currently lacked the financial capability to grant such request.

“For instance we have a lot of MRS scan machines all over Nigeria but unfortunately, most of our doctors in Nigeria cannot interprete the images. We still need you in this regard especially since you are very experienced in the use of this equipment, to tell us what the images are saying.

“We can do the investigation in Nigeria, do the process and through technology send it to you in the United States and within 30 minutes, you will send the result back to us.

“This is one of the reasons why we want to come to you for a sacrificial service because we cannot afford to pay you. We want to build a new system to make good quality healthcare services available to Nigerians.

“Our commiittee is planning a road show in the United States and wherever we haveNigerian doctors all over the World, there is no way we can have a perfect healthcare system in Nigeria if we don’t have enough doctors considering the population being 170m people.

“The World Health Organisations ratio of doctors to patients, shows that we are lagging behind in Nigeria. We want to take advantage of technology andthe advantage of having our brothers and sisters all over the world.

“I am sure if we withdraw the number of Nigerian medical doctors in the United Kingdom today, the health system in the United Kingdom will break down andNigeria is suffering for that because our people went for greener pasture, “he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nigerian-doctors-abroad-give-conditions-return-home/

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 9:16am On Mar 23, 2016
“The major barrier preventing the relocation of medical doctors back to Nigeria is incentive. Every human character and behaviour are linked to incentives. Some of the incentives to get back the medical doctors abroad to Nigeria, are not in place.

“Majority of our people wanted to come back home but they cannot finance the relocation process and the cost of setting up modern medical facilities in Nigeria. To bring in medical equipment is expensive because of the customs tarriff and other fees.

“I am sure if we withdraw the number of Nigerian medical doctors in the United Kingdom today, the health system in the United Kingdom will break down

Nigerians are the best medical brains in the US. Albeit, our local medical professionals are also proficient but they lack the modern and palatable facilities for utilization and further vocational exercises.

Its time our govt consolidate on this vantage for consummate exploitation by working to provide incentive mechanisms that will motivate then to relocate back home with their auxiliary miscellaneous technologies that will aid and easy their medical processes by providing enabling environments for fascinating remunerations, exemption from tarrif and import duties remittance aiming at rebating the exorbitant cost of establishing and maintaining medical institutions.

We need our profound medical erudites back.

I am a Wailer, and I Wail for the Growth and Development of our dear Nation Nigeria!
Our Posterity Should Not Inherit An Impoverish And Under-Developed Country!!.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by thesicilian: 9:25am On Mar 23, 2016
Why would they even want to come home in the first place? Those here are making arrangements to leave.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Benjom(m): 9:38am On Mar 23, 2016
It is well. We all desire good things but I doubt if they can move from such 'conducive' system/environment to a hostile one. That could be tantamount to moving from 'Aso Rock, Abuja' to 'Umuagwugwu Village in Umunero'.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by NiRfreak(m): 10:22am On Mar 23, 2016
Medical profession in Nigeria no longer worth the stress.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 10:24am On Mar 23, 2016
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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by onihaxy: 1:41pm On Mar 23, 2016
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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by LukeAnjorin: 1:41pm On Mar 23, 2016
Na wah ooo, everybody wan dey condition Federal government, wat happened to the old spirit of patriotism

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 1:42pm On Mar 23, 2016
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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by ireneony(f): 1:42pm On Mar 23, 2016
I love doctors cheesy
They're really good in sex aspect.

Why all these conditions undecided they are not proud of our mother's land sad

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by BaddieKay(f): 1:42pm On Mar 23, 2016
Oya FG over to you....so you politicians can stop ur medical tourism and have all ur checkups here.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by iamauxin(m): 1:42pm On Mar 23, 2016
Lolz......they are scared of what life will be for them If Donald Trump emerges.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by paul02: 1:43pm On Mar 23, 2016
no... Stay

Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Sasuwa(f): 1:44pm On Mar 23, 2016
Mhmm
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by menix(m): 1:45pm On Mar 23, 2016
them neva one come...
Them for demand free bank loan..
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 1:45pm On Mar 23, 2016
There are a lots of Nigeria doctors here in South Africa, even, most of their University professors in South Africa were yoruba and igbo

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by emmawiz: 1:45pm On Mar 23, 2016
Too bad.. Poor country with poor leadership.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by oluwafemi113(m): 1:46pm On Mar 23, 2016
Please let them come
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 1:46pm On Mar 23, 2016
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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by abnur14(m): 1:46pm On Mar 23, 2016
I loud their efforts
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by sunsplash99(m): 1:47pm On Mar 23, 2016
thesicilian:
Why would they even want to come home in the first place? Those here are making arrangements to leave.

one left yesterday and many more to leave.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by MzMercie: 1:48pm On Mar 23, 2016
iamauxin:
Lolz......they are scared of what life will be for them If Donald Trump emerges.

Hmmmm.

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Deztro(m): 1:48pm On Mar 23, 2016
LukeAnjorin:
Na wah ooo, everybody wan dey condition Federal government, wat happened to the old spirit of patriotism

bro when someone is patriotic and no encouragement
if na you watin u go do?

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by MzMercie: 1:49pm On Mar 23, 2016
I hope they come back
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by dumodust(m): 1:49pm On Mar 23, 2016
By MRS scan machines I guess he means MRI Scan... anybody who cant read those has himself to blame, stop bringing down doctors in nigeria, the ones abroad moved from here. Radiologists will be particularly insulted by that comment... here they are discussing the brain drain and someone is talking about sending images taken in nigeria to america... unserious dolts

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by bolt000(m): 1:50pm On Mar 23, 2016
Are those the doctors

Mtcheww
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by BE811APP: 1:51pm On Mar 23, 2016
Make dem remain there na
Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by ChappyChase: 1:51pm On Mar 23, 2016
MzMercie:
I hope they come back
And be scammed by this government undecided

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Re: Nigerian Doctors Abroad Give Conditions To Return Home by Nobody: 1:51pm On Mar 23, 2016
ireneony:
I love doctors cheesy
They're really good in sex aspect.

Why all these conditions undecided they are not proud of our mother's land sad

Be honest, you're fvcking horney aren't you?

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