Over 16,000 doctors left Nigeria in search of greener pastures - Health Minister Ali Pate, the coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, revealed that over 16,000 Nigerian doctors have left the country in the last five to seven years in search of greener pastures abroad. The minister spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the seventh annual capacity-building workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCA). “Integrated healthcare regulation and leadership in building resilient health systems” was the theme of the event. Pate said the exodus of doctors has created a...