529 doctors from Nigeria, who are trained abroad have failed the assessment examination conducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN.
A standard practice, medical and dental graduates from foreign institutions are made to sit for MDCN exams, with the latest assessment seeing 529 of them not making the grade.
This is according to the latest MDCN examination report where it is cited that a two-day assessment examination was conducted on Wednesday, July 12, and Thursday, July 13, 2023, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State.
It explained that 704 medical and 30 dental foreign-trained graduates participated in it, of which189 medical graduates and 16 dental graduates passed the examination while 515 medical graduates and 14 dental graduates didn’t make the cut.
“The pass is at 27.4 per cent, which is poor. However, the assessment exam is necessary because we cannot put the health of Nigerians in jeopardy; it is better we have a few doctors than have doctors that will put the health of Nigerians in danger. All hands must be on deck to put this country in the right place,” MDCN Registrar, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, said in reference to the result.
