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Nigeria: Bauchi Recruits 50 Egyptian Doctors
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Daily Champion (Lagos)
12 March 2008
Posted to the web 12 March 2008
Lagos
BAUCHI State Government has recruited 30 Egyptian doctors to bridge the doctor/patient ratio in the state.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Altine Bello, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi that all the Egyptian doctors can communicate fluently in English.
"The cost implication to the state is moderate and beneficial to both parties.
"We have offered them fantastic remuneration, including befitting residential accomodation and car loans", she said.
The commissioner, however, expressed concern at the reluctance by Nigerian doctors to take up appointment with the State Government in spite of the offer made to them.
"We have advertised for 60 vacancies, but only 39 indigenous doctors applied.
"Regretably, not all the 39 candidates who applied for the vacancy responded for interviews", Bello said.
She expressed optimism that the Egyptian doctors would help in ameliorating the shortage of doctors in the state's health service.
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Bello reiterated the commitment of govenrment to revitalising the health sector, adding that adequate measures had been put in place to curtail the recent outbreak of measles.
The commissioner counselled mothers against bathing their infected children with cold water, saying doing so could put the infected children at risk of further complications.
NAN learnt that the state has 93 doctors to take care of the 4.6 million people in the state.
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