The gap created by the retirement of consultants in critical areas of medicine in most Federal Medical Centre in Nigeria, has been described as part of the challenges that has given rise to increase in medical trips outside the country.
Briefing newsmen in Umuahia, the Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Chukwu Abali Chukwu has called on the relevant authority to reconsider 60 years retirement age for consultants with a view to extend it to 70 years to be at part, with those of their counterpart in the teaching hospitals.
"I believe that if the government is able to extend the retirement age of some critical areas in medicine, then we would not be running around looking for more hands, "The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses are critical, I do not see why they should retire at 60 years, the anesthetic ICU doctors are critical, I do not see why they should retire at 60 years.
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