Medical expert, Dr Christopher Otabor, has decried the economic effect of medical tourism on the health sector and the Nigerian economy, warning that Nigeria loses upwards of a billion dollars to the brain drain. He expressed worry that teaching hospitals and specialist hospitals are now bereft of doctors as a result of the Japa syndrome […]
Naira free fall: CBN gov blames rising number of Nigerians schooling abroad, medical tourism
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso has attributed the recent increase in the dollar exchange rate to the rise in Nigerian students who study abroad, as well foreign medical trips embarked on by Nigerians. Cardoso spoke at the sectoral debate put together by the House of Representatives on Tuesday in […]