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Medical expert, Dr Christopher Otabor, has decried the economic effect of medical tourism on the health sector and the Nigerian economy, warning that Nigeria loses upwards of a billion dollars to the brain drain. He expressed worry that teaching hospitals and specialist hospitals are now bereft of doctors as a result of the Japa syndrome currently sweeping through the country. Dr Otabor, who made the revelations during a solidarity visit by the Guild of Medical Directors to Alliance Hospital warned that the trend may never be reversed until the government prioritizes investment in the health s…

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