The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has called for adequate funding of residency training to reduce brain drain in the health sector.
NARD is the umbrella organisation of all medical doctors in the country undergoing specialist training in different fields of medicine.
The NARD President, Dr Emeka Orji, stated this when executives of the association paid a courtesy visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in Abuja.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Orji and made available to our correspondent on Monday.
He said there was the need for appropriate budgeting and funding for the health sector to ease the provision of equipment and hospital consumables as well as workers’ welfare.
“There is the need for adequate funding of residency training in Nigeria. This highlights the importance of restoring the overseas exchange programme for doctors in specialist training. We believe firmly that this would help reduce the push by Nigerian doctors to relocate abroad. The 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund also comes to mind.
“It is important to appreciate that resident doctors in Nigeria are working under pressure, and there is the need to put mechanisms in place to speedily resolve issues that affect their welfare, rather than wait for things to degenerate to the level of industrial disharmony.”
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