There is palpable fear and apprehension among health workers in the
region as many of them are said to have concluded arrangements to leave
the North in droves and relocate to the
South-South and South-West,
where their security could be guaranteed
There are fears that medical doctors and
other health workers may soon begin to flee the northern part of the
country for fear of insecurity.
The situation may engender epidemics such
as Malaria, Cholera, Meningitis, Polio and others if the hospitals and
health centres are deserted by health workers.
This follows last week’s killing of nine
polio vaccinators in Nasarawa and Taurani local government areas of Kano
State and the murder of three North Korean doctors in Potiskum, Yobe
State,Some Nigerian Muslim leaders had previously opposed polio vaccination, claiming it could cause infertility.
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