Politics
DR Kuden Kamshak, the immediate past Commissioner for Health in Plateau, has advised doctors to participate in active politics to address some of the challenges in the health sector.
Kamshak said this on Tuesday in Jos at the 2022 Physician’s Week with the theme: “Nigeria’s Healthcare Delivery System and the 2023 Democratic Transition: A Time to Change the Narrative.’’
He said that it would be pertinent for doctors to get involved in the selection of leaders to elect who they knew among themselves that could reshape the health sector.
Kamshak called on his colleagues to begin to participate in politics as this would help them play active roles in the appointment of doctors into key offices.
He urged his colleagues in such positions to enact laws that would promote the healthcare delivery system to create an enabling environment for doctors to practise.
Similarly, Dr Pantong Davwar, in a paper presentation on: “Mitigating the impact of Brain Drain on the Dwindling Human Resource for Health in Nigeria”, shared similar sentiments.
He said that the current brain drain in the medical sector was responsible for the rise in medical tourism and the dwindling of the health indices in the country.
Davwar called for the immediate address in the factors responsible for the drain in the system.
Earlier, Prof. Ishaya Pam, former Chief Medical Director of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and also as the chairman of the event called on doctors to participate actively not just as voters but as key players.(NAN)
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