Brain drain: Pharmacists may take over doctors jobs – Fertility Expert
Increasing rate qualified medical practitioners are leaving Nigeria has become a source of worry to their colleagues that have refused to join the flight to greener pastures abroad.
They are worried that unqualified practitioners in other fields are now cashing in on the scarcity to conduct treatments in such specialised areas, as fertility and reproductive health.
An Aba-based paediatrician/gynaecologist and expert in fertility health, Okechukwu Kalu, said the situation was so bad that pharmacists may be forced to carry out jobs reserved for conventional specialist medical doctors.
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He blamed the Federal Government for looking the other way while experts in every aspect of medical practice in the country leave daily, saying it was unfortunate that it doesn’t appear the authorities of the present administration understand how serious the situation had become.
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Kalu said the situation was a serious and dire one that Nigeria may soon be having pharmacists taking care of many sicknesses.
“It is very serious and dire situation, you will have pharmacists taking care of many sicknesses and taking place of doctors in Nigeria.
He further called for inclusion of fertility and reproductive health as beneficiary sickness in the country’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), in view of the high cost of treatment for people needing invitro-fertilisation, which is the scientific method of conception for those finding it difficult to get pregnant naturally.
