The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Ikpeme Ikpeme, says the relocation of Nigerian medical professionals abroad is gradually declining.
Mr Ikpeme said this at a press conference in Calabar on Tuesday, attributing the development to steps taken by the federal government to improve workers’ welfare and upgrade healthcare facilities.
He said the development had begun to reduce the urge for medical professionals to abandon their jobs to travel abroad.
The CMD explained that the government’s effort is also encouraging medical professionals abroad to return to the country.
“With what we have done so far, some colleagues who travelled abroad have returned, and are now with us here,” he said.
