NMA expresses concern as doctor-to-patient ratio now 1 to 21,000 in Jigawa

The NMA Chairman in the state, Dr Aminu Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday to commemorate the 2023 Physicians Week, said “Jigawa has the highest record of brain drain in the country.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) standard is one doctor to 600 patients.

The chairman, therefore, lamented how brain drain negatively hit the state, which allocated 16 per cent of its 2023 annual budget to the health sector.

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