Brain Drain in Health Sector

Professor Gilford Ashitey, of the Department of Community Health of the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), has called on the government to check the brain drain in the health sector by solving the problems of personnel, in spite of the economy.

He said the exodus of Ghanaian doctors is a sensitive issue for which there seems to be no solution.

Prof. Ashitey was speaking on the topic "Is the UGMS a Five Star Medical School" at a public lecture, organised by the UGMS as part of its 40th Anniversary celebrations in Accra.

He said though the UGMS and the University of Science and Technology, had produced 1658 and 800 doctors respectively, only 1669 of them are in the country. "The problem has not been with the output of our medical schools, rather how to retain the graduates."