The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has urged Nigerian doctors to embrace technological innovations, preventive healthcare and continuous professional development to improve healthcare delivery in the country.
Salako also called on medical practitioners to prioritise their personal health, adopt healthy lifestyles and pay greater attention to their mental wellbeing as part of efforts to secure the future of the medical profession.
The minister, who was represented by the Acting Provost and Medical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Dr Sunday Amosu, made the call on Thursday at the opening of the 2026 Physicians’ Week organised by the Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association.
Salako said doctors needed to continually improve their professional competence and adapt to emerging developments in medicine while placing greater emphasis on disease prevention and personal wellbeing.
According to him, strengthening the medical profession requires practitioners to embrace
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