The Nigeria Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has decried the shortage of medical personnel in the state.
The NMA urged the state government to deliberately establish at least seven medical training institutions to address the growing workforce gap.
The association’s chairman, Prof. Aniekan Peter, raised the concern while briefing journalists in Uyo on Tuesday as part of activities marking the association’s Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference.
He lamented that the state had consistently failed to meet its employment targets for medical workers, stressing that urgent measures were needed to bridge the shortfall.
“If there is vacancies for 100,000 teachers in the state, I’m sure you will find them immediately, but recently the State governor, Umo Eno approved employment for 400 doctors and we couldn’t get them. It means that there’s something wrong somewhere.
“We were looking for 700 nurses in the first time and we couldn’t get until
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