Nigeria Will Have Shortage of 50,120 Doctors, 137,859 Nurses By 2030 - Experts

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Nigeria Will Have Shortage of 50,120 Doctors, 137,859 Nurses By 2030 - Experts

[Vanguard] Abuja -- Disturbed by the shortage of workforce in the health sector, a cancer advocacy group, Project PINK BLUE, has disclosed that Nigeria will have a shortage of 50,120 doctors and 137,859 nurses by 2030, lamenting the mass migration of health care workers to foreign countries.

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