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Nigeria has inadequate health professionals, says EkOUNIMED proprietor


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Published 16 March 2021
The founder of Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Lagos, Dr Ibraheem Hameed, has said Nigeria’s manpower in the health sector  is inadequate.
Hameed made this known, during the second matriculation of 36 students in  the institution.
He explained that the 34 medical schools in Nigeria were not enough to produce professionals who would be able to attend to the over 200 million people in the country.
He said, “With 34 medical schools in place, it may be asked if there is any need for additional medical schools Nigeria. The answer is an emphatic yes. Based on our current population of about 200 million, with a 3.5 per cent annual growth rate from the 2006 census (National Population Commission, 2017), our country is grossly deficient in medical doctors and other health professionals including pharmacists, physiotherapists, nurses, laboratory scientists, etc. “Our health manpower level is so ....

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