The Director of Clinical Services and Training, Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Dr. Titus Oyedele, has expressed concern over the issue of brain drain in Nigeria, saying already about 50 of its doctors and 90 of its nurses have resigned to seek greener pastures abroad.
Oyedele, who disclosed this at the weekend,
while taking journalists on a tour of the institution’s facilities, blamed the
issue of brain drain popularly known now as ‘Japa’, on leadership failure and
having people in position who do not believe in the system.
He said retaining the best hands in the
hospital has been challenging as it has to pay so much just to get competent
and qualified personnel.
According to him, “At times, we have to
source for highly skilled personnel even at a very high cost. For instance, in
a system, you can have 10 people and many institutions struggling to get them.
It has become the highest bidder, but the university has been trying its best
to ensure that no matter what it costs, we have to ensure that the system is
running.
“God has been helping us; we have been
trying to attract the best hands in the country.”
Asked how the hospital copes with the
number of patients in hospital, he said: “We try to survive. It’s difficult
really especially when you have personnel who are just getting used to the
system, and the next minute they are leaving.”
The director, however, said the university
does not have a problem replacing staff who are out of the system, adding that
it replaces them immediately and even attract personnel from outside the country.
According to him, “As I speak, we need a
radiologist, so the university just sent out
a letter to somebody that will be coming from outside the country so
that we can ensure quality services. It is challenging but we have to survive.”
He emphasised on some of the successful
surgeries it had carried out, saying the result it had gotten so far is enough
to tell anybody traveling out to seek healthcare that they can actually get
quality treatment at the hospital.
Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of the
university, Prof Ademola Tayo, has appealed to journalists to continue to equip
themselves with current knowledge and skills needed to conduct accurate
election reporting, and be very well
aware of their duty in order to reduce hate speech and incitement to violence
which often arise during elections.
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