EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a good example of how the Meles regime is full of village idiots. The new doctors will leave the country as well if conditions in the country remain the same. The root cause of the economic crisis in Ethiopia is the repressive regime that doesn’t allow the people of Ethiopia to live and work in their own country freely.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) – Ethiopia will train 1,000 medical doctors as of this academic year (2008) in four universities in the country to tackle the ever increasing doctors’ exodus from the country, APA learns here on Friday.
Ethiopia is among few African countries that are highly affected by the migration of doctors to various countries, particularly in the United States.
The Ethiopian ministry of Health said in its report that the government decided to increase the enrolment of students to train as medical doctors in various universities of the country to minimize the problem.
“Even though the government made a 70% wage increase for the doctors during the past few years, the problem still remains. Now, the government has decided to enrol 1000 students to study as medical doctors,” the ministry said.
According to the ministry, two years ago, the government enrolled only 100 medical students while the number increased to 250 last year, and the ministry is planning to increase the number in the coming years.
Even in big towns in Ethiopia, it is difficult to get qualified doctors to treat patients.
Now, the government is also training over 200,000 health extension workers to tackle the problem.
3 thoughts on “Ethiopia to train 1,000 medical doctors to tackle exodus”
There might be precondition attached with service after graduation. If true, I think it is a very good initiative.
It is good that Meles came to his mind. Wasnt it before some few months that he said; “Ethiopia doesnt need doctors?”
What a non-sense leader!
The ethiopian minister of health sounds not deaf this time. But my point is that how much information did they colloct from the regimes’ neglected regions such as Gambella to make this trianning plan work. Gambella people should be given higher priority to train their nationals because Gambella has no any doctor trained by this regime. Please noted that your health minister puts some nationalities an opportunity to get Doctorate degree.If this health minister follow the footsteps of racism and segregation of the regime’s exclusive of the disadvantage nationals then you will miss the target of trainning of doctors.
Thankyou!
Itang Bura
U.S.A.