Nigeria: Loss of ophthalmologists costs Nigeria $150,000 yearly per specialist — OSN

The loss of each ophthalmologist to migration, otherwise known as “japa”, costs the Nigerian economy about $150,000 annually, the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) has said, warning that the continued brain drain is worsening the shortage and maldistribution of eye-care specialists across the country.

The President of OSN, Dr Gloria Patrick-Ferife, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja while presenting the communiqué of the society’s 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific…