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No fewer than 162 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom in the last six weeks, The PUNCH has learnt.
This is according to the register of the General Medical Council of the UK. The GMC is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the UK.
Our correspondent, who monitored the GMC website in the last 42 days, observed that the number of Nigerian-trained doctors practising in the UK rose from 10,824 to 10,986.
This implies that at least three Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed per day from February 2 to March 15, 2023.
Nigeria has been faced with worrying brain drain in recent times, with many professionals, including doctors, leaving the country for greener pastures.
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