150 Nigerian doctors ready for exams ahead practicing in UK

No fewer than 150 Nigerian doctors interested in practising in the United Kingdom are currently waiting to take the clinical examination.

The result of which will decide their eligibility to practise in the UK.

It was further gathered that the coronavirus pandemic delayed the examination usually conducted by the general medical council.

However, the council’s senior media officer, Miranda Newey, said the figure of Nigerian doctors in the UK would have increased if not for the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the national president of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has called on the federal government to quickly address the issue of brain drain in the country.