As Nigeria battles with brain drain in the health sector with a ratio of one doctor to 6,000 patients, medical doctors have urged the government to look beyond the minimum wage and come up with a proper welfare package to end migration of health professionals abroad.
Speaking at the Good Health Weekly on Vanguard Live the experts maintained that while minimum wage is good, it is not the ultimate now that an estimated eight out of every 10 doctors are contemplating leaving the country for greener pasture and about four leave every month.
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