HEALTH GOSSIP: Nigerian Medical Council inducts 333 Doctors!!!!

Studying Medicine outside the country has now become the main-thing!!! However, Just Yesterday, the Medical Council inducted 333 new Doctors into the council.



This is the highest figure the council has produced since the inception of the assessment examination about three decades ago.



Of the figure, 317 are foreign-trained while 16 are graduates of the Igbenedion University, Okada, Edo State.



The Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council, Dr. Abdulmumini Ibrahim said: "A total of 473 medical candidates and six dental candidates registered for the October 2013 assessment examination, which took place in Lagos at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).



This is the highest number ever recorded for the assessment examination since its inception. "Ibrahim attributed the increase in foreign-trained doctors to inadequate space in Nigerian's institutions and also the failure of most institutions to meet the requirements of the council.



He said: "The increase in the number of Nigerians, who study Medicine or Dentistry abroad, was probably caused by insufficient space in Nigerian universities to accommodate the number of qualified candidates seeking admission.



"The failure of some medical/dental schools to meet the minimum requirements of the council resulted in the withdrawal of accreditation."



Ibrahim urge parents of candidates seeking admission into medical/dental schools to clarify the status of institutions before applying.



According to him, the council is irrevocably committed to sanitising medical training in Nigeria.



Health Minster, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, urged the newly inducted doctors to disregard strikes because people depend on them for safe health.



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